I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG
aka IL Y A LONGTEMPS QUE JE T'AIME
Year: 2008
USA: Sony Pictures Classics
UK: Lionsgate UK
Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein, Serge Hazanavicius, Laurent Grevill, Frederic Pierrot, Claire Johnston, Catherine Hosmalin, Jean-Claude Arnaud, Olivier Cruveiller, Lise Segur, Mouss Zouheyri, Souad Mouchrik, Nicole Dubois, Laurent Claret, Marcel Ouendeno, Gerard Barbonnet, Jeremie Covillault, Kevin Lipka, Bruno Raffaelli
Director: Philippe Claudel
Countries: France / Germany
Language: French (English subtitles)
USA: 115 mins
UK: 117 mins
USA Rated: PG-13 for thematic material and smoking
UK Certificate: 12A contains soft drug use and emotive crime theme
USA Release Date: 24 October 2008 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 26 September 2008 (Limited Release)
Synopsis
Kristin Scott Thomas offers a truly sensational performance in this utterly engrossing and deeply moving tale from writer-director Phillipe Claudel's in his debut feature. I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG is a story that revolves around two sisters, Juliette (Kristin Scott Thomas) and Lea Fontaine (Elsa Zylberstein), who rebuild their relationship after fifteen years apart.
The two women gradually rediscover common ground and how to relate to one another through the memories of their shared childhood, all the while with the spectre of their time apart looming overhead...