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A Couple
A Couple
5.0
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43 Ratings

A COUPLE

Un couple

Directed by Frederick Wiseman
France, United States, 2022
Drama

Synopsis

A film about a long term relationship between a man and a woman. The man is Leo Tolstoy. The woman is his wife, Sophia. They were married for 36 years and had 13 children. Each kept a diary. Although they lived together, in the same house, they wrote letters to each other frequently.

Synopsis

A film about a long term relationship between a man and a woman. The man is Leo Tolstoy. The woman is his wife, Sophia. They were married for 36 years and had 13 children. Each kept a diary. Although they lived together, in the same house, they wrote letters to each other frequently.

Our take

Alert to the subtle changes of the landscape—like the fluttering of a flower bud—Frederick Wiseman’s fiction outing is as intimate as his documentaries. Channeling Sophia Tolstoy’s innermost feelings towards her famous novelist husband, A Couple draws up a passionate monologue of love and jealousy.