From the Land of the Moon (2016)

Original title

Mal de pierres

Directed by

Nicole Garcia

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

2h

Rated

R

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 314 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman in 1950s rural France enters an unhappy marriage and later develops a passionate connection with a wounded war veteran at a sanatorium. Their intense affair challenges her sense of duty and desire.

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What happens

From the Land of the Moon (French: Mal de pierres, literally "disease of the stones") is a 2016 French film directed by Nicole Garcia from a screenplay she co-wrote with Jacques Fieschi, adapted from the 2006 Italian novella of the same name by Milena Agus. It stars Marion Cotillard, Louis Garrel and Alex Brendemühl. The film had its world premiere at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival where it competed for the Palme d'Or, and received eight nominations for the 2017 César Awards, including Best Film, Best Director for Nicole Garcia, and Best Actress for Marion Cotillard. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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