Let the Sunshine In (15)

French auteur Claire Denis returns with an intriguingly inscrutable, bone-dry romantic comedy, loosely inspired by literary theorist Roland Barthe’s A Lovers Discourse:

Fragments and starring the everbrilliant Juliette Binoche as a newly divorced Parisian artist questioning the importance of romance at this stage in her life. As comically French as that sounds, Denis’ commitment to exploring her protagonist’s dilemma honestly and intelligently makes this a rare example of a filmmaker genuinely wanting to do something a little different in terms of narrative storytelling and actually knowing how to do it.