An ageing actress (Juliette Binoche) is asked to appear in a revival of play in which she launched her career twenty years previously as the ingenue but this time to portray the older of the play's two protagonists. Whilst staying in the Swiss Alps the actress rehearses her role with her young assistant in circumstances where the delineation between the fictional play and reality become increasingly blurred.
'Clouds of Sils Maria' is a film packed with dense dialogue. I found it hard going at times and had difficulty maintaining my attention. However the acting, especially from Binoche and Kristen Stewart as the assistant is excellent.
The scenery in the Alps is simply stunning and the musical soundtrack quite sublime.
★★★1/2
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