‘Every frame of the movie seems alive: with risk, with pleasure, with a sensuality that is both wild and intelligent...‘
- A.O. Scott, THE NEW YORK TIMES

‘Paced with all the formal elegance of an opening flower, this is as pure an example of classical film-making as can be found...‘
- Nick James, THE OBSERVER

‘a gracious breakthrough performance by Marina Hands... a beautifully calibrated performance...‘
- SCREEN INTERNATIONAL

‘Prepare to be entranced... A movie of spellbinding erotic power... Breathtaking.‘
- THE SUNDAY TIMES

‘One of France’s most gifted directors...‘
- Joan Dupont, HERALD TRIBUNE

‘Advance word is good...‘
- EVENING STANDARD

‘Ms Ferran has rediscovered both the novel’s originality and the source of it’s durable appeal, which is not salaciousness but candor. She has made a love story that stands on it’s own, a film whose imaginative freedom perfectly matches the liberation experienced by it’s heroine.‘
- NEW YORK TIMES