will do anything in a movie. i'm firmly convinced of this after watching quite a few of her films. she is fearless in front of the camera, yet retains a sense of poise and grace above the fray. very interesting.
shareI absolutely adored this movie. This is the first thing I have seen her in, but I will surely check out more of her films now.
shareShe is as daring as they come. I first saw her in the Piano Teacher. Blew me away. Check that one out if you want to be disturbed
sharei agree, but that one was so post-everything i ended up belly laughing when she was seducing her mother. but still, i agree - it's rare that someone can be so daring, and yet so rarely slip over the edge into parody.
shareI never realised until I watched this tonight that the story has been partly plagiarised by Mike Leigh in Vera Drake. I have to say though that whilst Story of Women is a very good film I personally don't think it compares with Vera Drake neither as a film or in the performances of the lead actresses with Imelda Staunton sublime. Vera Drake genuinely believed she was doing the right thing by the girls and was completely dazed and confused when arrested. She never took money. Marie was very difficult to sympathise with. Yes she was living in desperate times but she comes across as spiteful and greedy and there was nothing to suggest she cared about the girls. Her infidelity pretty much summed her up.
sharehaven't seen vera drake, so i can't comment on that... but i believe this performance, and the film, to have been daring in the portrayal with such a lack of elements for an audience to empathize with ... does that sentence make sense?
share"Marie was very difficult to sympathise with. Yes she was living in desperate times but she comes across as spiteful and greedy and there was nothing to suggest she cared about the girls. Her infidelity pretty much summed her up."
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The fact that you cant sympathize with the character is neither an issue with the actor or the film. It simply means the character was someone you couldnt sympathize with.Do you really believe all characters in all films need to be role models? I think Huppert is one outstanding actor and she showed it in this film
"Do you really believe all characters in all films need to be role models?"
Absolutely not but I have no idea what this has to do with my posting anyway.
Your basing your opinion of the quality of the film and actor on how you could sympathize with the characters....thats what it has to do with your posting
share"Your basing your opinion of the quality of the film and actor on how you could sympathize with the characters".
No, I wasn't. And it's You're and not Your.
sensored says > The fact that you cant sympathize with the character is neither an issue with the actor or the film. It simply means the character was someone you couldnt sympathize with. Do you really believe all characters in all films need to be role models? I think Huppert is one outstanding actor and she showed it in this filmI disagree. Marie is the main character of the story; it's her story. She should, in my opinion, elicit some level of sympathy from the viewer. Whatever she may have done; whether we agree with her or not, we should want to be on her side and when she's in trouble, about to lose her life, we should feel for her.
I didn't sympathize with her at all. Especially when she still ran to her lover right after she found out she killed a woman (And she still took the money!!) Karma is a bitch and she got what she deserved.
shareShe was inbelieveable. This was the 2nd foreign film I have seen and I really loved it.
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Isabelle Huppert is fantastic in everything I've seen with her, and this is one of her most powerful roles in a very strong career. The emotion she conveys with her face is impossible to ignore. This woman can do no wrong.
shareAs terrific as she is in drama she can play comedy as well. One of the fearless few. A true artist!
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My favourite actress. Rarely has she been so beautiful, so luminous yet with eyes like pits when confronting her imminent death. Brilliant film with superb performances from all involved.
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