Synopsis
Both Sides of the Blade (Avec amour et acharnement, 2022) is Claire Denis' drama you can watch online on iFILM. Sara and Jean have been together ten years when she catches sight of François on the street — a man from her past.
François is Sara's former lover and Jean's oldest friend. When he resurfaces and proposes that he and Jean work together again, the couple's settled life begins to crack. Juliette Binoche plays a woman pulled toward exactly what she shouldn't want; Vincent Lindon is the partner feeling the ground shift under him. There are no villains here — just three people and the impossibility of choosing.
Denis shoots desire up close, in restless tight frames scored by the band Tindersticks, winding a melodrama to an almost physical tension. The film earned her the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 2022 Berlinale. It's for viewers who love French drama about grown-up feelings, with no signposts and no tidy moral at the end. Stream Both Sides of the Blade (2022) online on iFILM.
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