La Séparation (The Separation) July 1, 2007

Christian Vincent's utterly absorbing drama charts the dissolution of a seemingly stable marriage, yet resists the temptation to neatly apportion blame.

Anne's estrangement from her husband Pierre (Daniel Auteuil, splendid, as always) begins as casually and inexplicably as her refusal to hold his hand at the movies one evening.

As Anne, Huppert gives nuanced expression to the uncertainties and compulsions of a woman who suffers (and inflicts suffering) by her own hand, but cannot retreat from her position.

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