Laure Calamy in “Full Time” and Charlotte Rampling in “Juniper” deal with very different family issues.
If you’ve been to Paris and not experienced a demonstration or strike, you’ve missed one of the quintessentially French cultural experiences. Perhaps it’s a legacy of the Revolution, but
She rises before dawn, gets the kids ready for school, leaves them with a neighbour, then catches the RER to work. It’s an incredibly stressful job, as Julie is answerable to demanding bosses and clients with high expectations. By the time she gets home and collects the children, darkness has fallen.
Gravel’s particular skill is to avoid melodrama, keeping the story tight and realistic. The effect is a gradual ratcheting up of anxiety, as Julie’s problems become catastrophes. There is one marvellous epiphany when she stands on an empty platform and looks at the rail lines as if longing to throw herself in front of a train. As there is no train, the moment passes.
When Ruth announces she is coming to stay, with her English nurse, Sarah , Robert has little option but to provide the accommodation. Their future depends on what he and Sam will inherit from the old woman.
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