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About Joan

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Joan Verra has always been a loving, independent woman, with a free and adventurous spirit. When her first love returns unexpectedly after years of absence, she decides not to reveal that they had a son together. This lie of omission is an opportunity for her to revisit her life: her youth in Ireland, her career, her loves and her relationship with her son. A life fulfilled in appearance, but which hides a secret that she will have to face....
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Jonathan Romney Screen International Feb 16, 2022
An uneven, sometimes mystifying folly of a picaresque narrative that can never quite settle on whether to be all-out comic, heartstring-grabbingly dramatic or just plain goofy. Go to Full Review Guy Lodge Variety Feb 16, 2022
A muddled, maudlin character study that gives its leading lady plenty of screen time but little to actually do... Go to Full Review Stephanie Bunbury Deadline Hollywood Daily Sep 19, 2023
Thank goodness for Huppert, whose enigmatic sang-froid can be relied upon to steady the ship. Go to Full Review Hilary A White Sunday Independent (Ireland) Mar 8, 2023
3/5
Effortlessly magnetic throughout, Huppert is a solid base upon which to assemble the whole film’s superstructure, with Eidinger, Townsend, and Screen International Rising Star Éanna Hardwicke the other highlights. Go to Full Review Javier Ocaña Cinemanía (Spain) Jan 25, 2023
2/5
Laurent Larivière 's second directorial effort only leaves a slightly less bitter aftertaste in the final act. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Kevin Jagernauth The Playlist Apr 16, 2022
C
"About Joan" struggles with what kind of movie it wants to be. The films first-person storytelling device is dropped after the first act. Aside from a somewhat baffling and fantastical sex sequence involving a squid, its an intimate drama. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Laurent Larivière

Director

Isabelle Huppert

Joan Verra

Lars Eidinger

Tim Ardenne

Swann Arlaud

Nathan Verra

Freya Mavor

Joan Verra, 70

Florence Loiret-Caille

Madeleine
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Synopsis Joan Verra has always been a loving, independent woman, with a free and adventurous spirit. When her first love returns unexpectedly after years of absence, she decides not to reveal that they had a son together. This lie of omission is an opportunity for her to revisit her life: her youth in Ireland, her career, her loves and her relationship with her son. A life fulfilled in appearance, but which hides a secret that she will have to face....
Director
Laurent Larivière
Producer
Reza Bahar, Katie Holly, Xavier Rigault, Marc-Antoine Robert
Screenwriter
Laurent Larivière, François Decodts, François Decodts, Laurent Larivière
Production Co
Gifted Films, 2.4.7. Films, Blinder Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Runtime
1h 41m
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