Since the death of Jesus, Mary Magdalene has withdrawn from the world. Her hair has turned white, she eats berries, drinks rain water and sleeps among the trees. Alone in the heart of the forest, she remembers her lost love. She looks for a way to find him.
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Under the rain, in the wind or in the mist, through forests and caves, little by little, one shot after the other, a deep mystery unfurls. A mystery which is as thick as the cloak that covers Mary Magdalene. Not Mary the great sinner nor the redeemed soul, but the great lover who stays loyal until the end to her passion for Christ. Is this the passion of a believer in God ? Or the one of a lover for a man ? Every cell of her body remembers their radiant encounter which has, since it happened, illuminated every single moment of her life.
Damien Manivel's cinematic creation wraps a nebulous aura around its viewers. It is as ascetic in the way it treats its subject as it is sensual in the way it makes us see things. It is particularly attentive to the bodies and to the materiality of space and time, which both carries and passes through every living creature. This dusky movie propels us into a primitive mystique which has nothing to do with candles, thuribles and « Our Father Who art in heaven » prayers, and in which nature and hallucinated visions make human faith go back to its original paganism. The filmmaker and his actress Elsa Wolliaston, whose expressivity is stunning, succeed in transfiguring the character of Mary Magdalene. Together they climb up the steep slopes of Love and Faith in beauty.
以清洁房屋为生的单身母亲罗丝(艾美•亚当斯Amy Adams 饰)高中时曾是风光一时的校啦啦队员。当年男友迈克(史蒂夫•赞恩 Steve Zahn 饰)终于另娶他人,罗丝却与身为警察的迈克依然保持情人关系。罗丝八岁的儿子奥斯卡(杰森•斯佩瓦克 Jason Spevack 饰)因捣乱被学校开除,罗丝决定送儿子入私立学校学习。迈克告知罗丝犯罪现场清洁有利可图,于是罗丝与失业的妹妹诺拉(艾米丽•布朗特 Emily Blunt 饰)组成“阳光清洗公司”,专门清洁犯罪、事故现场,而做小生意的父亲乔(阿兰•阿金 Alan Arkin 饰)暂时照顾奥斯卡。可公司起步没多久,却因诺拉的失误造成了无可挽回的损失,姐妹二人也因此不欢而散……