A powerful and heartfelt love story of impressionist Pierre Bonnard and his model Marthe.
Bonnard, Pierre and Marthe
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22 Mar 2024
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- 18+
Bonnard, Pierre et Marthe
2023, Martin Provost
France–Belgium
122 minutes, French with Russian subtitles
Starring: Cécile de France, Vincent Macaigne, Stacy Martin, Anouk Grinberg
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Pierre, who dropped out of law school to “change painting forever”, has known Marthe for only half an hour: he saw her on the street and asked her to pose for him. After a couple of montages, the pair make love — and end up spending the next half-century together. The film’s plot revolves around the dramatic twists and turns in the Bonnars’ relationship, but it is also a portrait of a woman who finds herself through art.
Shot from Bonnard, Pierre and Marthe, 2023
Writer-director Martin Provost sidesteps most of the potential pitfalls that would render this fact-based material stiff or didactic. We know that Bonnard will sell his daring pictures, but he doesn’t — yet.
— Lisa Nesselson, Screen International
