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The great love stories, the ones that care about more than surface tingles, are invariably illness stories too, steeped as they are in the turbulent details of symptoms, ache, confusion, diagnosis, treatment and cure (forever-after health not always being the case if tissues are needed). Which may be why the movie romances that introduce physiological ailment can too often feel conveniently engineered, a shortcut to suffering: the second-act cough that’s both hacking and hackneyed.
But Norwegian filmmaker Maria Sødahl, with her remarkable feature “Hope” about a terminal diagnosis’ effect on a well ensconced but estranged couple has found something miraculous and moving: an adult love story born of mortality, built from the remnants of a connection long thought lost, navigated in tandem with sickness. And because of that emotional intelligence, it’s fluidly both specific and universal.
Looking for a Lady review: Unconventional enlightenment
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When Lyz (Noée Abita) is on the mountain, anything is possible. She soars gracefully over the snow on skis, rhythmically slaloming her way to the finish line, usually to victory. That time on the mountain exists in stark contrast to her day-to-day life training as an elite youth athlete. At 15, the preternaturally talented Lyz has to navigate her own potential success in connection with the abusive relationship that evolves with her coach, Fred (Jérémie Renier).
“Slalom” is the directorial debut of Charlène Favier, who collaborated on the screenplay with Antoine Lacomblez and Marie Talon. It’s an exploration of the conditions that create the dynamic that allows for sexual abuse in youth sports. The ambitious, talented Lyz is Fred’s perfect victim: Her mother is casually neglectful; her father absent. Under the guise of her training, a friendship and intimacy sprout. Her body is already under Fred’s control as a carefully calibrated machine, and when Fred assaults her,