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Watch From the Land of the Moon (Mal de pierres) [Sub: Eng]
In 1950s France, Gabrielle is a passionate, free-spirited woman who is in a loveless marriage and falls for another man when she is sent away to the Alps to treat her kidney stones. Gabrielle yearns to free herself and run away with André.
CRITICS OF "From the Land of the Moon (Mal de pierres) [Sub: Eng]"
Los Angeles Times
Garcia never gets a grasp on her protagonist's contradictions, or those of her story - certainly not enough to pull off the movie's jaw-dropper of a twist.
It's difficult to imagine how this film would have been without the presence of the actress of La Vie en Rose and Two days, One Night. [Full review in Spanish]
Instead of any meaningful exploration of mental illness, the film exploits the affliction of its protagonist for a meandering romantic melodrama with an unconvincing final-act twist.
From the Land of the Moon could have been a story of a woman's maturation, or a relationship's evolution. Instead, it just moons about love so lost that it may never have existed at all.