ANNOUNCEMENT / NOTE:
- Filmmaker In Attendance
Singapore International Film Festival 2016
Eternity
Language
French with English subtitles
Cast
Audrey Tautou, Mélanie Laurent, Bérénice Bejo
Synopsis
At the end of the 19th century, young Valentine is betrothed to her beloved husband Jules. From that moment on, Valentine and her clan are buoyed by the currents of time through the cycles of life, birth and death, love and heartbreak.
Filmmaker Tran Anh Hung lovingly adapts the novel The Elegance of Widows by Alice Ferney into a beautiful portrait of motherly and familial love spanning generations. He preserves the rich tone of the literary work, weaving a flowing voiceover into the narrative as the camera glides over each character (courtesy of frequent Hou Hsiao-Hsien cinematographer Mark Lee Ping Bing), bringing them to life in a painterly tableau of sun drenched scenes. Starring a triumvirate of French actresses Audrey Tatou, Mélanie Laurent and Bérénice Bejo, Eternity is perhaps Tran’s most ambitious work yet.