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The Salt of Tears

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Consequences catch up to a charming young man who casually loves three women.
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Lawrence Garcia AV Club 01/23/2021
C+
But for all of the film's focus on romantic relationships, it offers precious little in terms of behavioral or textural specificity. Go to Full Review Glenn Kenny New York Times 01/20/2021
Renato Berta's cinematography lends an expansiveness to its ordinary settings, both urban and semirural. Go to Full Review Richard Brody The New Yorker 10/08/2020
The Salt of Tears starts aridly, in scenes of a bus-stop encounter of two young adults that in short order becomes a fragile romance, but it soon rises very high with its fusion of brusque candor and unspoken yearnings. Go to Full Review Ben Flanagan Vague Visages 09/23/2023
The Salt of Tears hovers around repulsive aspects of society without fully committing to its own unpleasantness… Go to Full Review Erick Estrada Cinegarage 07/19/2023
Seemingly flat and messy, but ultimately, it is playing with the audience's perception and aims to provoke and create discomfort. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Jeffrey Edalatpour SF Weekly 01/29/2021
The plot is indebted to every Eric Rohmer film concerned with the vagaries of love. But Garrel takes his characters more seriously than Rohmer does. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Philippe Garrel

Director

Oulaya Amamra

Djemila

Souheila Yacoub

Betsy

Logann Antuofermo

Luc

Louise Chevillotte

Geneviève

Martin Mesnier

Paco
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Movie Info

Synopsis Consequences catch up to a charming young man who casually loves three women.
Director
Philippe Garrel
Producer
Laurine Pelassy, Edouard Weil
Screenwriter
Philippe Garrel, Jean-Claude Carrière
Production Co
Rectangle Productions, Cinéforom, arte France Cinéma, Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), Région Hauts-de-France, Loterie Suisse Romande, Arte France, Close Up Films, Office Fédéral de la Culture, Ciné+, Cofinova 16, SRG - SSR, Pictanovo
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 7, 2021
Runtime
1h 40m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)