The Truth, a new French movie from Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters, After Life, Nobody Knows) that came out in July, was pretty good, a decent mother-daughter dramedy starring Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche. Deneuve plays a very self-aware role as a French movie star who is an acting legend, with decades of history of roles and lovers and scandals and awards, and is simultaneously promoting her memoir The Truth (albeit a rose-colored, self-serving kind of truth for her audience of fans) and filming a movie in which her role is a glorified cameo. Binoche arrives with her husband (Ethan Hawke) and their young daughter to her mother’s opulent house. Much of the film is about the mother and daughter’s conflicts between the mother being a neglectful parent to prioritize being a great actress (which she fully admits to and has no shame about it), and her daughter being treated as inferior in being upset over past grievances. It was fun to watch two French movie legends together, even if I’ve never been a fan of Deneuve (I was more of a Jeanne Moreau fan), as I’ve always liked how Juliette Binoche has a very understated look to her and a lot of strength in character roles and emotional complexity. I mostly thought the movie was decent, I just watched it for the stars and liking the director’s previous work.
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