Olivier Touche

The row between two unreasonable parents, played by Laetitia Dosch (Jeune Femme) and Vincent Macaigne, is set against the backdrop of the 2012 presidential elections. Justine Triet’s (Anatomy of a Fall) film, made of personal friction and political exhilaration, is a true French frenzy.

A Claire Denis romcom? We’re sold! Subverting fairytale tropes with fine irony, this wonderfully unpredictable take on middle-age female desire and the volatility of emotions stars an exquisitely mercurial Juliette Binoche—searching for love, encountering mostly disappointment. Oh, and that ending!