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The Young Lovers

The Young Lovers

Romance · Drama · 2022

Elegant, retired architect Shauna (70) crosses paths with Pierre, a happily married doctor in his 40s, who first made an impression on her in a brief meeting 15 years previously. Both are quite troubled to meet again and begin an affair. While Pierre’s family life is soon turned upside down, Shauna struggles with feelings she thought belonged to the past.

Movie details

The Young Lovers

“Love has no age, but it does have the power to change a life.”

2022 Romance · Drama 1h 52m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.4 / 10

Community rating

Elegant, retired architect Shauna (70) crosses paths with Pierre, a happily married doctor in his 40s, who first made an impression on her in a brief meeting 15 years previously. Both are quite troubled to meet again and begin an affair. While Pierre’s family life is soon turned upside down, Shauna struggles with feelings she thought belonged to the past.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over The Young Lovers?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Carine Tardieu

Written by

Sólveig Anspach · Agnès de Sacy · Carine Tardieu

Fanny Ardant

Fanny Ardant

Shauna Loszinsky

Melvil Poupaud

Melvil Poupaud

Pierre Escande

Cécile de France

Cécile de France

Jeanne Escande

Florence Loiret Caille

Florence Loiret Caille

Cécilia

Sharif Andoura

Sharif Andoura

Georges

Sarah Henochsberg

Sarah Henochsberg

Rosalie Escande

Martin Laurent

Martin Laurent

Marcel Escande

Court is in session

Put The Young Lovers on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.