HIt’s refreshing to watch a movie that portrays the sexuality and desires of women in their 70s as part of their lives rather than novelties; because this French movie is a lesbian drama, there are two—even more. it is good. In a sense, “The Two of Us” is traditionally romantic like any other work, but its director is the first film made by Filippo Meneghetti (Filippo Meneghetti). Trembling with suspense. Almost like Ruth Rendell’s novel, half of you expect one of these ordinary characters to insert a knife into someone’s back at any time. They didn’t, but this expectation adds a bit of tingling to most scenes, disturbing and unexpectedly nervous.
Nina (Barbara Sukova) and Madeleine (Martina Chevalier) live in a quiet French town across the hall. Not only are they neighbors, they have been secretly in love for many years, but since Madeleine is married, they have kept their relationship secret. Now that her husband is dead, Madeleine’s plan is to let her adult children Anne (Leah Drucker) and Frederick (Jerome Varanfran) come out. But when that moment comes, her nerves will disappear. Afterwards, there was a fierce argument with Nina. No one cared about a few old lesbians, Nina was furious. Maybe not in society, but Madeleine knows that for her children, she is a good mother, who has endured their overbearing father for many years, because he is the love of her life. The terrible truth is that they would rather believe that she has been in a miserable and oppressed state for decades than believe that she has such a secret relationship.
After the queue, Madeleine suffered a stroke. At first, her children didn’t know why Nina—for them, she was just Mrs. Donne next door—wandering around. They tried to keep her away, Nina became obsessed, spied through her peephole, and fought with the live-in nanny hired to take care of Madeleine. Sukowa’s performance as Nina has a cold, insanity quality; she seems to be omnipotent. Chevallier is amazing as a temporarily paralyzed Madeleine. Unable to move, her eyes scanned the room. She knows everything well-even though her caregivers and family members are talking about her as if she doesn’t exist. Unsurprisingly, this wonderful debut was nominated for the best international film Oscar this year in France.
The two of us will be released in cinemas and digital platforms on July 16.
