2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Ma Belle, My Beauty
Written and directed by Marion Hill.
Starring Idella Johnson, Hannah Pepper, Lucien Guignard, and Sivan Noam Shimon.
SYNOPSIS:
A surprise reunion in the South of France reignites passions and jealousies between two women who were formerly polyamorous lovers.
Polyamory is an oddly circumscribed subject in cinema, largely unexplored even by cynical creatives keen largely to titillate, let alone more artfully minded filmmakers. Writer-director Marion Hill certainly shoots for the latter treatment in her lackadaisical feature debut – which won Sundance’s Audience Award in the NEXT category – yet its dawdling approach too often feels like a missed opportunity.