All the actors/actresses in "I've Loved You So Long" are uniformly wonderful. Kristin Scott Thomas was truly fine, as was the superb Elsa Zylberstein. My favorite actor in this film, though, was Frederic Pierrot. His portrayal of a policeman who is desperate for companionship was excellent, and I think he made his character the most interesting person in the film.
Nevertheless, the plot itself is just too artificial for my taste. The film has pretensions of depth without actually having any depth. I won't go so far as to call it a middle-class soap opera, but that wouldn't be far off.
Nevertheless, the plot itself is just too artificial for my taste. The film has pretensions of depth without actually having any depth. I won't go so far as to call it a middle-class soap opera, but that wouldn't be far off.