Pearl

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Pearl

2018

1h 22m

Drama

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A woman's past catches up with her when her ex-lover shows up with the 6-year-old son she barely knows.

Leslie Felperin

The Hollywood Reporter

02/28/2019

Squint your eyes and it's almost like watching a Nicolas Winding Refn film but without the violence or black humor.

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Michael Nordine

IndieWire

08/30/2018

B+

This is lean, muscular filmmaking that often manages to be sensual and gruff in the span of a single scene.

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Philipp Engel

Cinemanía (Spain)

09/07/2021

3.5/5

A remarkable lesson for this forever transitional era in which we're still learning to see others. [Full review in Spanish]

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Christopher Llewellyn Reed

Hammer to Nail

05/22/2019

And though there be no precious gemstones lying in wait for the movie's central characters, at least we, the audience, have this particular Pearl to cherish.

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Lorry Kikta

Film Threat

04/29/2019

8/10

Pearl is beautiful and unapologetic.

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

04/29/2019

3.5/5

As a story of a lost woman reconnecting with herself and her child, this is surprisingly moving even if it's only sporadically involving.

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Synopsis

A woman's past catches up with her when her ex-lover shows up with the 6-year-old son she barely knows.

Director: Elsa Amiel
Producer: Lionel Baier, Bruno Nahon, Caroline Nataf
Screenwriter: Elsa Amiel, Laurent Larivière
Genre: Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Runtime: 1h 22m