About Joan

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About Joan

2022,

1h 41m,

Drama

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Joan Verra has always been a loving, independent woman, with a free and adventurous spirit. When her first love returns unexpectedly after years of absence, she decides not to reveal that they had a son together. This lie of omission is an opportunity for her to revisit her life: her youth in Ireland, her career, her loves and her relationship with her son. A life fulfilled in appearance, but which hides a secret that she will have to face....

Jonathan Romney

Screen International

Feb 16, 2022

An uneven, sometimes mystifying folly of a picaresque narrative that can never quite settle on whether to be all-out comic, heartstring-grabbingly dramatic or just plain goofy.

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Guy Lodge

Variety

Feb 16, 2022

A muddled, maudlin character study that gives its leading lady plenty of screen time but little to actually do...

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Stephanie Bunbury

Deadline Hollywood Daily

Sep 19, 2023

Thank goodness for Huppert, whose enigmatic sang-froid can be relied upon to steady the ship.

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Hilary A White

Sunday Independent (Ireland)

Mar 8, 2023

3/5

Effortlessly magnetic throughout, Huppert is a solid base upon which to assemble the whole film’s superstructure, with Eidinger, Townsend, and Screen International Rising Star Éanna Hardwicke the other highlights.

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Javier Ocaña

Cinemanía (Spain)

Jan 25, 2023

2/5

Laurent Larivière 's second directorial effort only leaves a slightly less bitter aftertaste in the final act. [Full review in Spanish]

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Kevin Jagernauth

The Playlist

Apr 16, 2022

C

"About Joan" struggles with what kind of movie it wants to be. The films first-person storytelling device is dropped after the first act. Aside from a somewhat baffling and fantastical sex sequence involving a squid, its an intimate drama.

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Tim Ardenne

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Synopsis

Joan Verra has always been a loving, independent woman, with a free and adventurous spirit. When her first love returns unexpectedly after years of absence, she decides not to reveal that they had a son together. This lie of omission is an opportunity for her to revisit her life: her youth in Ireland, her career, her loves and her relationship with her son. A life fulfilled in appearance, but which hides a secret that she will have to face....

Director: Laurent Larivière
Producer: Xavier Rigault, Marc-Antoine Robert
Screenwriter: François Decodts, Laurent Larivière
Genre: Drama
Original Language: French
Runtime: 1h 41m

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