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Synopsis: At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago. But back then she played the role of Sigrid, an alluring young girl who disarms and eventually drives her boss Helena to suicide. Now she is being asked to step into the other role, that of the older Helena. She departs with her assistant to rehearse in Sils Maria; a remote region of the Alps. A young Hollywood starlet with a penchant for scandal is to take on the role of Sigrid, and Maria finds herself on the other side of the mirror, face to face with an ambiguously charming woman who is, in essence, an unsettling reflection of herself.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Olivier Assayas
Production: IFC Films
  19 wins & 42 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
78
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
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Year:
2014
124 min
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I know Sigrid...

It is more interesting than that.

Yes, it enjoys Helena.

Yes, it fascinates and she knows it.

You can stop there, but not me, because I incarnate.

You only see what there is on the surface.

The play is about their mutual attraction.

It is more subtle and profound.

More true.

Their relationship is not as cruel for Sigrid.

Cruel to Sigrid?

- She will recover.

- How do you know?

Time youth.

It's life before her.

Helena is not old.

It also has life ahead of her, but she gives it up.

Helena did not used to be rejected.

She does not accept his own weakness.

First Post M. Wald, please.

Grand Hotel du Lac, please.

Klaus made you believe, then?

You're going to play Helena.

I did not say that.

But I think the question.

Yes I Am.

You sure do not want a drink?

I'm already drunk, darling.

Henryk!

Wait.

I found the road, sorry. I have not adjusted the GPS.

It was worth an hour or so.

I had a dream.

We were in rehearsal and...

The past and present are mixed.

- I am disturbed.

- No kidding.

I would not have said yes to Klaus.

But the death of Wilhelm, mourning... I could not refuse.

It is a director crazy scene.

Jo-Ann is a star, it pays well.

I do not need money.

Rest as much as you want.

I like the idea that you work your role

in the place where it was written.

You promised. No ghosts.

There are none.

- I was joking.

- I Do Not.

You half-joking.

That's what I wanted to show you.

Wilhelm committed suicide here.

But that remains between you and me.

This is the Maloja Pass, down there?

- The serpent?

- The snake.

Why a snake? In the play,

is ambiguous.

The Maloja snake.

This is a cloud formation.

Quite rare,

in unexplained.

It announces the weather.

The clouds come from the Italian lakes,

they pass the col

and are pushed by the wind in the valley

like a snake.

That's why it's called the snake.

The phenomenon Cloudy Maloja.

His signs.

Clouds pass the Maloja Pass.

The so-called "Snake Maloja".

Wilhelm was fascinated by this film.

He marveled that the true nature of the landscape

was revealed in these images.

It shows time passing.

This film has almost a century.

In fact, it comes from far away.

It makes all its beauty.

- It was great. Thank you.

- Thank You.

I do not promise to come see you in London.

I hope you change your mind.

The theater is only theater.

Oh, Maria.

He belonged to Wilhelm.

Keep it.

At 18, you were no longer a child.

There had to be some form of attraction.

Wilhelm is not a saint, right?

May be.

If he chose me, he felt something.

But it was in the unspoken.

- You admit...

- And that's not important.

It's not very important.

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Olivier Assayas

Olivier Assayas (born 25 January 1955) is a French film director, screenwriter and film critic. more…

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