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By John Bleasdale (289) for CineVue (2,163) on 20 May 2019

Not since Jane Campion’s The Piano has a costume drama presented such a gorgeous view of love from a woman’s point of view…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 20 May 2019

Sciamma’s splendid, multi-layered conceit manages to carry equal weight as a love story and a manifesto of sorts for feminine art…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 19 May 2019

A superbly elegant, enigmatic drama ... I was on the edge of my seat…

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By Caroline Tsai (12) for The Playlist (3,871) on 19 May 2019

Sciamma…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 19 May 2019

Though this gorgeous, slow-burn lesbian romance works strongly enough on a surface level, one can hardly ignore the fact, as true then as it…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for IndieWire (3,631) on 18 May 2019

Razor-sharp and shatteringly romantic ... as perfect a film as any to have premiered this year…

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By Leslie Felperin (768) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 18 May 2019

Assaying [Sciamma's] first period film, an exquisitely executed love story that's both formally adventurous and emotionally devastating, she…

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By Ben Croll (93) for TheWrap (3,203) on 18 May 2019

Visually ravishing ... [A] piercingly intelligent treatise on art, agency and queer love in the 18th century…

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By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Screen International (2,241) on 18 May 2019

Arthouse audiences will be intrigued to discover how Sciamma has channelled the fluid energy of her contemporary work into the more constrained…

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