Pas une critique!

Vu sur ARTE, "Le film du mois" (Juillet 2021).

You get what it says: a film focused on the difficulty of a man and his daughter to do the "separation step" (the hero's life revolving entirely around his daughter, he's unsurprisingly the first one to react). But "precisely, rigorously, technically", with near-perfection.
Almost everything in this pocket world passes through silences, gestures, picture, the characters talking little to each other. Relationships are never stated up front, while still being as clear as they would be in "real life" for an outsider's eyes, and the absent mother (along other absences) is felt as it should in this story of solitudes.

Despite his not very talkative character, Alex Descas has a great presence during the whole film.
(The Fassbinder actress guest-starring was a surprise.)

Impeccable direction (Denis being probably the best/only female cinema director in activity), time management (through intelligent ellipses, the audience gets only what it needs) and a few standout scenes. My favourite one would be the mute 5-6mn opening.

Score: 8/10
Enjoyment: 3/5
Denis is so good she even directs rice cookers that well.

I was never really interested but the film was worth it.