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"Home" is an original and fresh debut film from French-Swiss director Ursula Meier, written by Antoine Jaccoud and Olivier Lorelle, and starring Isabelle Huppert and Olivier Gourmet. It is "a portrait of a family under siege". I do not want to reveal any more of the plot and would advise you not to watch any trailers (there is a more serious version and a less serious version of it), since they couldn't possibly convey the depth and complexity of the movie and might easily give off a wrong impression.

Even though it was draggy at times, some scenes are stuck forever in my mind, like impressive picture stills. The performances were amazing, and the story is highly metaphorical and leaves both a bitter aftertaste and room for hope. I especially liked the character's chemistry, the superb camerawork of Agnès Godard, the fact that the story seems to pop out, out of nowehere: the viewer doesn't know anything about the family's history or their motivations (thus enhancing its impact), and the way the film depicts how low people must fall in order to get back up. poster source