The Salt of Tears
2020 · Movie · 100 min · ★ 5.5 · 63% critics
A young man travels to Paris for a carpentry school exam and finds himself drawn into a brief romance before returning home. As new attachments complicate his path, he must weigh desire, duty, and the future his father hopes for him.
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Details
- Original title
- Le Sel des larmes
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-10-14
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Critic score
- 63/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.5/10 (39 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy quiet romantic dramas about indecision and desire, especially near In the Shadow of Women or A Faithful Man; Not for you if you need fast-moving plots.
Pros: intimate romantic tensions; Paris-to-hometown contrast; thoughtful life choices | Cons: wandering relationship focus; restrained emotional pace; distant character feelings
Cast & crew
Logann Antuofermo
as Luc
Oulaya Amamra
as Djemila
Louise Chevillotte
as Geneviève
Souheila Yacoub
as Betsy
André Wilms
as Luc’s Father
Aline Belibi
as Alice
Martin Mesnier
as Paco
- TC
Teddy Chawa
as Jean-René
Stefan Crepon
as Victor
Michel Charrel
as Receptionist
Directed by Philippe Garrel