An Impossible Love

An Impossible Love
Theatrical release poster
FrenchUn amour impossible
Directed byCatherine Corsini
Screenplay by
  • Catherine Corsini
  • Laurette Polmanss
Based onAn Impossible Love
by Christine Angot
Produced byElisabeth Perez
Starring
CinematographyJeanne Lapoirie
Edited byFrédéric Baillehaiche
Music byGrégoire Hetzel
Production
companies
Distributed byLe Pacte
Release dates
  • 26 August 2018 (2018-08-26) (Angoulême)
  • 7 November 2018 (2018-11-07) (France)
Running time
135 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

An Impossible Love (French: Un amour impossible) is a 2018 French romantic drama film co-written and directed by Catherine Corsini, based on the 2015 novel of the same name by Christine Angot.[1][2] Starring Virginie Efira, Niels Schneider and Jehnny Beth, the film chronicles the life of office worker Rachel as she falls in love with the wealthy Philippe, gives birth to their daughter Chantal, and raises Chantal as a single mother while maintaining a complicated relationship with Philippe.

  1. ^ Mintzer, Jordan (13 November 2018). "'An Impossible Love' ('Un amour impossible'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  2. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (3 January 2019). "An Impossible Love review – brilliantly dark and tender family drama". The Guardian.