Surprisingly tense lesbian love story is powered by stunning performances by Barbara Sukowa and Martine Chevallier
How refreshing to watch a film in which the sexuality and desire of women in their 70s is portrayed not as a novelty but simply part and parcel of their lives; and since this French movie is a lesbian drama, there’s two of them – even better. In one sense, Two of Us is as much a conventional romance as anything else, but it’s directed with a shiver of suspense by first-time feature maker Filippo Meneghetti. Almost like a Ruth Rendell novel, you half expect one of these ordinary characters to sink a knife into someone’s back at any moment. They don’t, but the expectation adds a little stab of something to most scenes, unnerving and unexpectedly tense.
Nina (Barbara Sukowa) and Madeleine (Martine Chevallier) live across the hall from each...
How refreshing to watch a film in which the sexuality and desire of women in their 70s is portrayed not as a novelty but simply part and parcel of their lives; and since this French movie is a lesbian drama, there’s two of them – even better. In one sense, Two of Us is as much a conventional romance as anything else, but it’s directed with a shiver of suspense by first-time feature maker Filippo Meneghetti. Almost like a Ruth Rendell novel, you half expect one of these ordinary characters to sink a knife into someone’s back at any moment. They don’t, but the expectation adds a little stab of something to most scenes, unnerving and unexpectedly tense.
Nina (Barbara Sukowa) and Madeleine (Martine Chevallier) live across the hall from each...
- 7/13/2021
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
“Two of Us,” the first narrative feature from director Filippo Meneghetti, is a love story between two older women played by Martine Chevallier and Barbara Sukowa. It aims straight for the heartstrings but is foiled in this pursuit by plot implausibilities and an unwillingness to consider the motivations of the other characters in the story.
“Two of Us” opens with images of birds in flight, aggressive packs of them making threatening noises on the soundtrack. (This is a movie with an insistent and sometimes overbearing sound design.) We see two little girls at play, one of them counting as the other one goes to hide, and there is an effective air of menace about this sequence.
Madeleine (Chevallier) and Nina (Sukowa) live in apartments across the way from each other. When we first see them and their fond feelings for one another, they are shot in the darkness of night,...
“Two of Us” opens with images of birds in flight, aggressive packs of them making threatening noises on the soundtrack. (This is a movie with an insistent and sometimes overbearing sound design.) We see two little girls at play, one of them counting as the other one goes to hide, and there is an effective air of menace about this sequence.
Madeleine (Chevallier) and Nina (Sukowa) live in apartments across the way from each other. When we first see them and their fond feelings for one another, they are shot in the darkness of night,...
- 5/15/2021
- by Dan Callahan
- The Wrap
Martine Chevallier and Barbara Sukowa in Filippo Meneghetti’s viscerally charged Two Of Us (Deux)
The honours keep coming for Filippo Meneghetti’s debut feature (France’s Oscar submission). Two Of Us (Deux), co-written with Malysone Bovorasmy and Florence Vignon, stars Barbara Sukowa and Martine Chevallier (of the Comédie Française) with Léa Drucker, Jérôme Varanfrain, Muriel Bénazéraf, and Augustin Reynes. Sukowa and Chevallier are co-winners of the 2021 Best Actress Lumière Award and just received César nominations, as did Deux for Best First Film (with producers Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin and Laurent Baujard) and Best Original Screenplay (Meneghetti and Bovorasmy).
Meneghetti’s enigmatic Two of Us (Lumière Award-winner for Best First Film) has also received a Golden Globe nomination (Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language) and the film has made the 93rd Academy Awards Oscar Best International Film shortlist.
Barbara Sukowa on Two Of Us (Deux): “It’s so much about secrecy and looking.
The honours keep coming for Filippo Meneghetti’s debut feature (France’s Oscar submission). Two Of Us (Deux), co-written with Malysone Bovorasmy and Florence Vignon, stars Barbara Sukowa and Martine Chevallier (of the Comédie Française) with Léa Drucker, Jérôme Varanfrain, Muriel Bénazéraf, and Augustin Reynes. Sukowa and Chevallier are co-winners of the 2021 Best Actress Lumière Award and just received César nominations, as did Deux for Best First Film (with producers Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin and Laurent Baujard) and Best Original Screenplay (Meneghetti and Bovorasmy).
Meneghetti’s enigmatic Two of Us (Lumière Award-winner for Best First Film) has also received a Golden Globe nomination (Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language) and the film has made the 93rd Academy Awards Oscar Best International Film shortlist.
Barbara Sukowa on Two Of Us (Deux): “It’s so much about secrecy and looking.
- 2/19/2021
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Two little girls playing hide-and-seek by the river fashion the unexplained mystery thread throughout Filippo Meneghetti’s enigmatic Two Of Us (Deux). There are horror and thriller elements accompanying the challenging performances by Martine Chevallier (of the Comédie Française) and Barbara Sukowa (co-winners of the 2021 Best Actress Lumière Award) to go with the terrific ensemble cast of Léa Drucker, Jérôme Varanfrain, Augustin Reynes, and Muriel Bénazéraf in the director’s compelling debut feature, co-written with Malysone Bovorasmy and Florence Vignon.
Nina (Sukowa) and Madeleine (Chevallier) go about their routines. They have two adjacent apartments and plan to move to Rome together. At night, our perspective resembles that of a spy who is watching from the other side of their shared bed. For Madeleine’s children Anne (Drucker) and Frédéric (Varanfrain), Nina...
Nina (Sukowa) and Madeleine (Chevallier) go about their routines. They have two adjacent apartments and plan to move to Rome together. At night, our perspective resembles that of a spy who is watching from the other side of their shared bed. For Madeleine’s children Anne (Drucker) and Frédéric (Varanfrain), Nina...
- 1/26/2021
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Filippo Meneghetti on Barbara Sukowa, Martine Chevallier, and Léa Drucker: “It is such a gift that they are trusting me on my first feature with their talent and experience …”
Filippo Meneghetti’s enigmatic Two Of Us (Deux), co-written with Malysone Bovorasmy and Florence Vignon, stars Barbara Sukowa and Martine Chevallier (co-winners of the 2021 Best Actress Lumière Award) with Léa Drucker, Jérôme Varanfrain, and Augustin Reynes. In Meneghetti’s debut feature there are horror and thriller elements accompanying the challenging performances.
Two little girls playing hide-and-seek by the river fashion the unexplained mystery thread throughout this film about open and closed doors. Nina (Sukowa) and Madeleine (Chevallier) go about their routines. They have two adjacent apartments and plan to move to Rome together. At night, our perspective resembles that of a spy who is watching them from the other side of their shared bed.
Madeleine (Martine Chevallier) with Nina (Barbara...
Filippo Meneghetti’s enigmatic Two Of Us (Deux), co-written with Malysone Bovorasmy and Florence Vignon, stars Barbara Sukowa and Martine Chevallier (co-winners of the 2021 Best Actress Lumière Award) with Léa Drucker, Jérôme Varanfrain, and Augustin Reynes. In Meneghetti’s debut feature there are horror and thriller elements accompanying the challenging performances.
Two little girls playing hide-and-seek by the river fashion the unexplained mystery thread throughout this film about open and closed doors. Nina (Sukowa) and Madeleine (Chevallier) go about their routines. They have two adjacent apartments and plan to move to Rome together. At night, our perspective resembles that of a spy who is watching them from the other side of their shared bed.
Madeleine (Martine Chevallier) with Nina (Barbara...
- 1/25/2021
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Barbara Sukowa stars with Martine Chevallier in Filippo Meneghetti’s Two Of Us Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Filippo Meneghetti’s Two Of Us (Deux), (co-written with Malysone Bovorasmy and Florence Vignon), starring Barbara Sukowa and Martine Chevallier with Léa Drucker (Mathieu Amalric’s The Blue Room), Jérôme Varanfrain, and Augustin Reynes (France’s Oscar submission); Anna Sofie Hartmann’s Giraffe (produced by Toni Erdmann director Maren Ade) with Lisa Loven Kongsli, Jakub Gierszal and Christoph Bach; Zheng Lu Xinyuan’s The Cloud In Her Room (Ta Fang Jian li De Yun) starring Jin Jing; Maite Alberdi’s The Mole Agent (El Agente Topo), starring Sergio Chamy (Chile’s Oscar submission), and (Fipresci Encounters winner at the Berlin Film Festival) The Metamorphosis Of Birds (A Metamorfose Dos Pássaros), directed by Catarina Vasconcelos are five highlights of the 49th edition of New Directors/New Films, presented...
Filippo Meneghetti’s Two Of Us (Deux), (co-written with Malysone Bovorasmy and Florence Vignon), starring Barbara Sukowa and Martine Chevallier with Léa Drucker (Mathieu Amalric’s The Blue Room), Jérôme Varanfrain, and Augustin Reynes (France’s Oscar submission); Anna Sofie Hartmann’s Giraffe (produced by Toni Erdmann director Maren Ade) with Lisa Loven Kongsli, Jakub Gierszal and Christoph Bach; Zheng Lu Xinyuan’s The Cloud In Her Room (Ta Fang Jian li De Yun) starring Jin Jing; Maite Alberdi’s The Mole Agent (El Agente Topo), starring Sergio Chamy (Chile’s Oscar submission), and (Fipresci Encounters winner at the Berlin Film Festival) The Metamorphosis Of Birds (A Metamorfose Dos Pássaros), directed by Catarina Vasconcelos are five highlights of the 49th edition of New Directors/New Films, presented...
- 12/15/2020
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
"Look at me. Here I am." Magnolia Pictures has unveiled an official US trailer for Two of Us, a passionate love story drama by filmmaker Filippo Meneghetti. This is France's official submission to the Best Foreign Film selection in the Academy Awards this year, and it originally premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last year. It opens in the US in February just in time to play for Academy Award nominations. Pensioners Nina and Madeleine have hidden their deep and passionate love for many decades, but their bond is put to the test when they are suddenly unable to move freely between each other's apartments. This stars Barbara Sukowa & Martine Chevallier as Nina & Madeleine, with Léa Drucker, Jérôme Varanfrain, Muriel Bénazéraf, Augustin Reynes, and Hervé Sogne. It definitely looks like an emotional, heart-wrenching film that seems to be an impressive work considering the critics' quotes they use in this trailer.
- 12/1/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Two Of Us (Deux) Magnolia Pictures Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Filippo Meneghetti Screenwriter: Filippo Meneghetti, Malysone Bovorasmy, additional writing by Florence Vignon Cast: Barbara Sukowa, Martine Chevallier, Léa Drucker Muriel Benazeraf, Jérôme Varanfrain, Herve Sogne Screened at: Digital Arts, NYC, 2/19/20 Opens: July 10, 2020 A […]
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- 7/5/2020
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
The Rome Film Festival (October 17-27) has unveiled its 2019 official selection, which includes Downton Abbey, Waves, Judy, The Aeronauts, Hustlers and Werner Herzog documentary Nomad[/link] about writer Bruce Chatwin.
A total of 33 films and documentaries will play in the official lineup (full list below). As previously announced, the fest will open with Edward Norton’s Motherless Brooklyn while Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman will have a centerpiece screening. Only two Italian movies are included in the main selection.
The festival also revealed a pre-opening October 16 world premiere for John Turturro’s anticipated The Big Lebowski spinoff, The Jesus Rolls, which follows Lebowski character Jesus Quintana.
The impressive lineup of onstage interviews includes Bill Murray and Viola Davis – both of whom will receive lifetime achievement awards – Fanny Ardant, Olivier Assayas, Ethan Coen, Benicio Del Toro, Bret Easton Ellis, Ron Howard, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Edward Norton, Bertrand Tavernier, John Travolta and Jia Zhangke.
A total of 33 films and documentaries will play in the official lineup (full list below). As previously announced, the fest will open with Edward Norton’s Motherless Brooklyn while Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman will have a centerpiece screening. Only two Italian movies are included in the main selection.
The festival also revealed a pre-opening October 16 world premiere for John Turturro’s anticipated The Big Lebowski spinoff, The Jesus Rolls, which follows Lebowski character Jesus Quintana.
The impressive lineup of onstage interviews includes Bill Murray and Viola Davis – both of whom will receive lifetime achievement awards – Fanny Ardant, Olivier Assayas, Ethan Coen, Benicio Del Toro, Bret Easton Ellis, Ron Howard, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Edward Norton, Bertrand Tavernier, John Travolta and Jia Zhangke.
- 10/4/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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