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Gentle Monster

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A renowned pianist who, after relocating with her family to the countryside, uncovers a life-shattering truth that forces her to confront the complexities of love, trust, and deception.

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Kevin Maher The Times (UK) 4d
2/5
There are so many horrific missteps here — in taste, judgment and dramatic credibility — that the film gradually becomes a calamitous and poorly performed mess. Go to Full Review Robbie Collin Daily Telegraph (UK) 6d
4/5
It’s a necessarily tough watch, with an engrossing performance from Seydoux that makes Lucy’s every flicker of hope and stab of dread feel like your own. Go to Full Review Ben Croll TheWrap 6d
Though Kreutzer never lets any adult character off the moral hook she also refuses to shade these relationships with outright antagonism. Instead, they are all appraising one another, weighing others’ actions to balance their own ethical scales... Go to Full Review Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) 17h
Everything about this film is bizarre and much of it does not work at all, but I do applaud Kreutzer’s attempt at parsing through incredibly difficult themes. Go to Full Review Nataliia Serebriakova FILMINK (Australia) 6d
16.4/20
… deliberately controlled, almost austere. Go to Full Review Hailey Passmore Nerdspin 6d
C-
Through a harrowing and uncomfortable story, Kreutzer has us questioning the lengths people go to cover up perverse and filth in society, and the ways in which we try to understand it as well. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Marie Kreutzer

Director

Léa Seydoux

Lucy Weiss

Jella Haase

Elsa Kühn

Laurence Rupp

Philip Weiss

Malo Blanchet

Johnny

Anton Rubtsov

Arian
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Movie Info

Synopsis A renowned pianist who, after relocating with her family to the countryside, uncovers a life-shattering truth that forces her to confront the complexities of love, trust, and deception.
Director
Marie Kreutzer
Producer
Alexander Glehr, Johanna Scherz
Screenwriter
Marie Kreutzer
Genre
Drama
Original Language
German
Runtime
1h 54m