Arguably the ultimate end result of war is…love. This is of course true after factoring in tremendous amount of destruction. Film Movement have picked up For a Woman, a melodrama via Diane Kurys who pilfered through some of her own family tree history to pick up an unlikely WWII tale contextually resembles the dynamic found in Susanne Bier’s Brødre. A box office hit in France, the pic will receive a spring release in ’14.
Gist: This is a semi-biographical take on Kurys’s own family history. On the death of her mother, Anne makes an unsettling discovery: an old photo will cast doubt on her very origins, as she uncovers a mysterious uncle her parents welcomed into their lives after World War II. In revealing a family secret, Anne ultimately unravels the story of her mother’s great love.
Worth Noting: Kurys directed Magimel (alongside Juliette Binoche) in 1999’s The Children of the Century.
Do We Care?: Starring Benoit Magimel, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Sylvie Testud and Melanie Thierry (see pic above), we’re expecting this to be a little bit better than your standard melodramatic fare with a situation that extreme.
