'Gabrielle is a visual feast and an emotional knockout' - NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL 'Another highlight was Patrice Chéreau’s devastating GABRIELLE... a delicious, claustrophobic intensity. Huppert, as ever, is terrific' - Dave Calhoun, TIME OUT 'An intense, unyielding, and, to my mind, brilliant experiment, Gabrielle takes bold risks... Chereau has pulled out all the stops stylistically' - Philippe Lopate, FILM COMMENT 'A film of eccentric beauty and wild feeling.Both actors keep you riveted' - Manola Dargis, NEW YORK TIMES '... packs a powerful emotional punch...' - Anwar Brett, FILM REVIEW 'The ever excellent Isabelle Huppert... lustrous period photography and melancholic score are glorious...' - David Parkinson, EMPIRE 'Isabelle Huppert…one of France’s greatest acting talents' - James Christopher, THE TIMES FILM OF THE MONTH 'Chereau’s artful reading of a Joseph Conrad novella... Greggory... is excellent... [Huppert and Greggory] both belong to that terrific pool of actors on which French directors are able to draw... it is hard to forget Huppert is Huppert... Beautifully filmed by Eric Gautier...' - Robin Buss, SIGHT AND SOUND