Just a Sigh

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Just a Sigh

Released Mar 21, 2014

1h 45m

Comedy

Drama

Romance

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A French actress (Emmanuelle Devos) meets a foreigner (Gabriel Byrne) who awakens something deep within her.

J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Devos manages to keep it afloat in the second half as the actress peels away for her own adventure and writer-director Jérôme Bonnell develops a subplot that will force the lovers to part for good.

May 29, 2014

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Stephanie Merry

Washington Post

"Just a Sigh" lives up to its name. It disappears without a trace.

Rated: 2/4

May 1, 2014

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Marci Schmitt

Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Just a Sigh" charms, with its scenes of street musicians, philosophical debates and headstrong romance, as much as it poses dilemmas of fate and desire.

Rated: 3.5/4

Mar 31, 2014

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Bonnell's latest is a surprisingly effective two-hander, conveying an unprecedented emotional depth about passion, the performance of it, and how life has a surprising way of reminding us how to feel alive.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 29, 2019

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Morgan Rojas

Cinemacy

Ultimately, Just a Sigh is a mediocre, "day-in-the-life" film that would have made an incredible short, as one gets the sense that this is far too stretched out to qualify as a solid feature-length film.

Mar 1, 2019

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John Fink

The Film Stage

A complex experience, the pleasure of Just a Sigh exists mostly in its visuals, tonal shifts and performances.

Rated: B+

Jun 21, 2016

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Audience Member

Slow moving but I really like these actors. I wouldn't recommend it.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

Devos is quite good, but there's not much else to like in this slow-paced, inconsequential film.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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OK, so I don't really know how good this movie is. Very early on I thought, "this would play VERY differently if the gender of the characters was reversed." So I watched two movies simultaneously and it was fascinating experiencing the audiences response to one movie while imagining their very different response to the other. Watched that way, it's wonderful.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Un fil ténu tient le film, et pourtant la tension est là. Les 2 acteurs principaux sont superbes, tout en finesse. De l'humour aussi.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

On y croit vraiment à la fin...un peu moins au début. Très belle Emmanuelle Devos en tout cas.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Les loufoques parties comédie, avec d'excellents seconds rôles, sont très réussies mais la romance entre les deux personnages principaux, qui constitue la trame du film, m'a laissé de marbre, avec un Gabriel Byrne fadasse. Par contre Emmanuelle Devos est géniale.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Jérôme Bonnell

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Emmanuelle Devos

Alix

Gabriel Byrne

Douglas

Gilles Privat

Rodolphe

Aurélia Petit

Diane

Laurent Capelluto

Olivier

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Critics Consensus: Divergent Disappoints

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Synopsis

A French actress (Emmanuelle Devos) meets a foreigner (Gabriel Byrne) who awakens something deep within her.

Director: Jérôme Bonnell
Producer: Edouard Weil
Screenwriter: Jérôme Bonnell
Distributor: Distrib Films
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 21, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 1, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $75.5K
Runtime: 1h 45m