Just the Two of Us

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Just the Two of Us

2024,

1h 45m,

Drama/

Mystery & Thriller/

Romance

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When Blanche (Virginie Efira) meets the charismatic Gregoire (Melvil Poupaud) at a party her twin sister Rose drags her to, she thinks she has found the one. The ties that bind them grow quickly, and a passionate affair ensues. Rose has serious reservations about Gregoire, but against her better judgment, they decide to marry and move in together. Blanche and Gregoire soon relocate far from Blanche's family where her new life begins; having two children, working as an elementary school teacher, and learning to tiptoe around Gregoire's unfounded burgeoning insecurities. Little by little Blanche finds herself caught in the grip of a deeply possessive and dangerous man, desperate to escape his increasingly threatening affections. Just the Two of Us is a closely observed domestic thriller adapted from Éric Reinhardt’s prize-winning novel L'amour et les forêts by Valérie Donzelli and Audrey Diwan.

Claudia Puig

FilmWeek (LAist)

Jul 13, 2024

Made me think of better legal thrillers.

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Guy Lodge

Variety

Jun 29, 2023

[A] nervy, finely acted domestic thriller.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Sep 12, 2025

4/5

The movie’s handling of psychological abuse, isolation, and trauma is well grounded, and Efira makes it all resonate on a profoundly human level.

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Kenneth R. Morefield

1More Film Blog

Sep 2, 2025

2/5

Poupad does what he can with such a one-dimensional character, but truth is you know where this is going from the moment Grégoire tells his girlfriend that he doesn’t like her new haircut.

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Javier Ocaña

El Pais (Spain)

Sep 20, 2024

Just the Two of Us is stronger when it touches upon rejection and escape. [Full review in Spanish]

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Paula Arantzazu Ruiz

Cinemanía (Spain)

Sep 18, 2024

3/5

A twist of absolute poetic justice. [Full review in Spanish]

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When Blanche (Virginie Efira) meets the charismatic Gregoire (Melvil Poupaud) at a party her twin sister Rose drags her to, she thinks she has found the one. The ties that bind them grow quickly, and a passionate affair ensues. Rose has serious reservations about Gregoire, but against her better judgment, they decide to marry and move in together. Blanche and Gregoire soon relocate far from Blanche's family where her new life begins; having two children, working as an elementary school teacher, and learning to tiptoe around Gregoire's unfounded burgeoning insecurities. Little by little Blanche finds herself caught in the grip of a deeply possessive and dangerous man, desperate to escape his increasingly threatening affections. Just the Two of Us is a closely observed domestic thriller adapted from Éric Reinhardt’s prize-winning novel L'amour et les forêts by Valérie Donzelli and Audrey Diwan.

Director: Valérie Donzelli
Producer: Alice Girard, Edouard Weil
Screenwriter: Valérie Donzelli, Audrey Diwan, Éric Reinhardt
Distributor: Music Box Films
Production Co: France 2 Cinéma, Les films de Françoise, Rectangle Productions
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Romance
Original Language: French
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 14, 2024, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.7K
Runtime: 1h 45m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.66:1)

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