22 August 2010

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2008 • Director: Ursula Meier
Drama / Foreign • Unrated • 98 minutes

Box Productions / Lorber Films
Color • Language: French (English subtitles)
Starring Isabelle Huppert, Olivier Gourmet


The highway that cuts right through the family's front yard finally opens. As the volume of vehicles increases, the noise literally and symbolically drowns out the voice of each family member. It's a smartly dressed allegorical meditation on outside pressures that threaten to destroy every family.
Rating: B+