Anyone who saw Isabelle Huppert in Elle is likely to want to rush to see her in this and she is magnificent again as a fiftysomething philosophy teacher who, following the death of her mother, separation from her husband and a cancelled publishing deal, discovers herself completely unencumbered for the first time in years: the film opens with fervent student demonstrations and Huppert's grace in defeat, acceptance of loss and hopefulness is contrasted with the unrest of the students and others, like former pupil Fabien, a revolutionary-in-the-making after Che Guevara, and his friends who are young and passionate fighters for change.
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