Lover for a Day

Lover for a Day (L'Amant d'un jour, 2017) — a French drama you can watch online on iFILM. Director Philippe Garrel shot this 76-minute film in black and white, as is his habit.

Jeanne (Esther Garrel, the director's daughter) turns up at her father Gilles' apartment after a breakup with nowhere else to go. Gilles is a philosophy professor, and his new girlfriend Ariane — played by Louise Chevillotte — is Jeanne's age. The film stays almost entirely inside the flat: two women at the same stage of life, a man between them, and the kind of unresolved tension that never quite turns into a confrontation. Garrel keeps the register low throughout. Stream Lover for a Day (2017) on iFILM.