An Impossible Love

An Impossible Love (Un amour impossible, 2018) is a French drama directed by Catherine Corsini that you can watch online on iFILM. Adapted from Christine Angot's novel, the film covers several decades — from the late 1950s onward — following a woman named Rachel and the long damage done by a man who was never quite in her life and never quite out of it.

Rachel is a modest office worker who falls for Philippe, a charming, well-educated man from a higher social tier. He makes no secret of his intentions: he wants her company, not her name. A daughter, Chantal, is born. Philippe drifts in and out across the years, and with each return the cost to both mother and child compounds quietly. Virginie Efira carries the film — her Rachel is not a victim in any simple sense, which is exactly what makes the story uncomfortable.

Corsini keeps melodrama at arm's length and lets the accumulation of small betrayals do the work. The class dimension — who gets to disappear, who does not — sits at the center without ever being overstated. Stream An Impossible Love (2018) online on iFILM.