Let the sunshine in = Un beau soleil intérieur

Author

Claire Denis

Call Number

• DVD FOREIGN (CEN, OSH)

Edition

Director-approved DVD special edition.

Languages

In French, with English subtitles.

Performers

Juliette Binoche, Xavier Beauvois, Philippe Katerine, Josiane Balasko, Sandrine Dumas, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Alex Descas, Laurent Grevill, Bruno Podalydés, Gérard Depardieu.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2019]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (95 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 19 cm)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Two luminaries of French cinema, Claire Denis and Juliette Binoche, unite for the first time in this piercing look at the elusive nature of true love, and the extent to which we are willing to betray ourselves in its pursuit. In a richly layered performance, Binoche plays Isabelle, a successful painter in Paris whose apparent independence belies what she desires most; real romantic fulfillment. Isabelle reveals deep wells of yearning, vulnerability, and resilience as she tumbles into relationships with all the wrong men. Let the sunshine in finds bleak humor in a cutting truth: we are all, no matter our age, fools for love.

Notes

Title from container.

Based on the book "Fragments d'un discours amoureux" by Roland Barthes.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2017.

Special features: 4K digital master, approved by cinematographer Agnès Godard ; new interviews with director Claire Denis and actor Juliette Binoche ; Voilà l'enchaînement (2014), a short film directed by Denis and adapted from a text by Let the sunshine in cowriter Christine Angot, featuring actors Norah Krief and Alex Descas ; trailer.