Overview
- The film, which premiered Wednesday in Cannes’ main competition, drew strong notices for Léa Drucker as a mid-50s surgeon at the center of a focused character study.
- Gabrielle’s world spans high-precision facial reconstruction work, care for a mother with Alzheimer’s, and a growing bond with a writer that unsettles her routines without revealing plot turns.
- Reviewers describe a chaptered structure of titled vignettes and urgent pacing, with solo piano and fluid camerawork that shift tone between hospital rush and private repose.
- Variety calls the portrait specific and rewarding, IndieWire gives a B- and notes narrowing focus, and TheWrap admires the ambition while finding the film perhaps too slight overall.
- The film is seeking U.S. distribution, and its Cannes reception could shape sales and awards positioning for Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet after her debut Anaïs in Love.