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Two of Us

Country: France | Luxembourg | Belgium, Language: French, 95 mins

  • Director: Filippo Meneghetti
  • Writer: Malysone Bovorasmy; Filippo Meneghetti; Florence Vignon
  • Producer: Laurent Baujard; Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin

CGiii Comment

Perfectly laid plans crushed by reluctance, secrets and circumstances [and people] beyond your control...this is Filippo Meneghetti's [mighty] debut feature.

This is poised and elegant film-making. A film that will rip at your heartstrings and make you consider the bigger picture...if this was you, what would you want? When decisions are taken away from you...what else have you got left?

Life is all about choices...you pick and choose, rightly or wrongly, rejoice or regret...and, with age, there is the opportunity to take stock, to reflect, to smile, to grimace...perhaps, even, to make amends.

Two of Us delivers many a potent message...

Don't dilly-dally, grab the bull by the horns...before it's too late. Because, you never know when it's too late!

Be prepared for the unthinkable...because, sad but true, the unthinkable invariably [and eventually] happens.

Respect your mother, her life, her wishes, her past, her secrets, her wishes.

And, finally, respect those who love those you love.

This is a monumentally mature piece of work...graced by two precise and comparative performances. Opposites attract and the hand fits perfectly inside the glove...this is love...in all of its joy and terror.

This is immaculate and heartbreaking film-making...merci pour cela.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Nina and Madeleine, two retired women, are secretly deeply in love for decades. From everybody's point of view, including Madeleine's family, they are simply neighbors living on the top floor of their building. They come and go between their two apartments, sharing the tender delights of everyday life together. Until the day their relationship is turned upside down by an unexpected event leading Madeleine's daughter to slowly unveil the truth about them.

Cast & Characters

Barbara Sukowa as Nina
Martine Chevallier as Madeleine
Léa Drucker as Anne
Jérôme Varanfrain as Frédéric
Daniel Trubert as André
Hervé Sogne as M. Bremond
Tara Klassen as Joséphine (as Tara Donnell)
Eugénie Anselin as Christiane
Véronique Fauconnet as Infirmière
Aude-Laurence Clermont Biver as Infirmière hôpital
Denis Jousselin as Directeur maison de retraite
Alice Lagarde as Laetitia