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Just a Sigh(Le temps de l'aventure)

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France, Belgium, Ireland · 2013
Rated PG-13 · 1h 44m
Director Jérôme Bonnell
Starring Emmanuelle Devos, Gabriel Byrne, Gilles Privat, Aurélia Petit
Genre Drama, Romance

Between two representations of a play she performs in Calais, broke actress Alix meets a mysterious Irishman on a train ride to Paris. Drawn towards him, she follows him into the metropolis and loves him for a few hours before facing the possibility of an entirely new life.

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Village Voice by Calum Marsh

Just a Sigh's day-long liaison sustains interest largely for the appeal of Devos and Byrne, its accomplished leads — they share what is known in the rom-com lexicon as "chemistry," and this quality invigorates their time together, in bed and out.

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Slant Magazine by Chris Cabin

When Jérôme Bonnell allows his two magnificent leads to work at the sparse dialogue, he invokes a powerful, elemental sense of frank, sexual discussion and high-end flirtation, imbuing the relationships with a maturity that's loathsomely rare in films today.

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The Playlist by Gabe Toro

Devos keeps her character’s unreliability and self-disappointment relatable, and falling backwards into a new lover is something that Devos captures beautifully with her uncertain facial expressions and hungry eyes.

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The New York Times by Stephen Holden

The movie is beautifully acted, and the chemistry between Ms. Devos, who is 49 (her character is 43), and Mr. Byrne, 63, is heated in a sadder-but-wiser, grown-up way.

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