Vincent Lindon – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

A GOOD LITTLE SOLDIER (TIFF 2026) – Review by Rachel West

September 22, 2026September 23, 2026 Rachel West A Good Little Soldier, alba rohrwacher, Stéphane Brizé, TIFF 2026, Vincent Lindon

A Good Little Soldier raises all the familiar questions about ambition and corporate culture, as well as the sacrifices – especially by women – for their careers. The challenge of balancing work and home life is real, and it is refreshing to see a film about a woman who doesn’t have it all figured out. Alba Rohrwacher gives a commendable performance as a middle manager in the otherwise lethargic workplace drama from Stéphane Brizé. While the themes in A Good Little Soldier are as literal and blunt as they come, it is an overall quiet and subtle drama.

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BOTH SIDES OF THE BLADE – Review by Diane Carson

July 4, 2022July 9, 2022 Diane Carson Both Sides of the Blade, Christine Angot, claire denis, Grégoire Colin, Issa Perica, juliette binoche, Vincent Lindon

Winner of the prestigious Best Director Silver Bear at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, French director Claire Denis tackles tough emotional fare in Both Sides of the Blade. It dramatizes three people’s lives hurtling into passionate, tense moments.

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BOTH SIDES OF THE BLADE – Review by Leslie Combemale

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 Leslie Combemale Both Sides of the Blade, Christine Angot, claire denis, Grégoire Colin, Issa Perica, juliette binoche, Vincent Lindon

Spending time with an old and not entirely extinguished flame when in a supposedly happy relationship is always a bad idea. It will be an ill-advised test of willpower at best, and at worst the height of hubris. That’s what happens in director Claire Denis’s romantic drama Both Sides of the Blade, which Denis wrote with co-screenwriter Christine Angot, based on Angot’s 2018 novel Un Tournant de Vie (A Turning Point of Life). They’ve created a visceral, intense slow burn about a destructive love triangle that spirals out of control with the help of stars Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lindon, and Grégoire Colin. Denis won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival for her work on the film.