'A wonderful film... deeply intelligent, tender, compassionate, civilised, erotic' THE GUARDIAN 'A gem... a beautifully tender drama... filmmaking with a heart, not to mention a marvellous sense of humour... suffice to say it's upliftingly good' TIME OUT 'A jewel of cinema humanité' FILM REVIEW 'A warmly textured slice of humanist cinema' VARIETY 'Poignant performances, vivid images' TOTAL FILM 'Seriously good... as if Scorsese had suddenly become possessed of Jean Renoir THE TIMES