Fillières’s fantasy-tinged dramedy takes the premise of what if in your 40s you cross paths with a 20s version of yourself? Can it beneficially help change the course of life? Margaux (Sandrine Kiberlain) randomly meets Margaux (Agathe Bonitzer) at a party and soon sees that the similarities extend far beyond their name. The younger woman still learning to navigate jobs and relationships and her older wiser self form a bond as well as a shared affection for the elder Margaux’s ex-boyfriend (Melvil Poupaud). But the chemistry is most vibrant between Kiberlain and Bonitzer who without looking much alike convincingly incarnate the same person.
When Margaux Meets Margaux (La Belle et la Belle)
Sophie Fillières 2017 97min DCP
Starring Sandrine Kiberlain Agathe Bonitzer Melvil Poupaud
Preceded by the short The Director’s Daughter and the English Exchange Student (La Fille du directeur et la correspondante anglaise)
Sophie Fillières 1988 15min DCP
Directed during Fillières’s studies at La Fémis film school the film features two young girls talking about love and their feelings for boys in a school for deaf students.
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L'Alliance New York Florence Gould Theater, 55 E 59th St, New York, NY 10022, United States
