Storyline

A young girl, Louise (Mélanie Laurent), meets an intriguing youth named Simon (Gaspard Ulliel) during a train ride and accompanies him back home to visit his family for Christmas. The situation there is troubling: Simon's relationship with his parents is fraught with tension, and things only get worse when Mathieu (Thibault Vinçon), Simon's childhood friend, shows up. When Louise and Mathieu express an interest in each other, Simon is forced to confront feelings he has long repressed.

Plot Keywords

young man, young woman, best friend, mother, father, sister, intense, solemn, coast, cabin, pub, france, train, sexual repression, christmas, love triangle, secrets, unrequited love, parent/child relationship, discovery, forbidden love, rivalry, 2000s

Short Review

Laurent and Ulliel are magnetic despite the lack of drama and meandering plot that all of a sudden ties up at the conclusion

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