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Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.
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90
Physically it is a kick in the teeth, a depiction of poverty, sex and violence which crosses most known codes of acceptability.
80
What could have been simply bizarre, sentimental or contrived here becomes an utterly absorbing love story.
80
Sometimes engrossing, sometimes exasperating romance. In these scenes, Cotillard shows she doesn't need the validation of Cannes or the Academy. Her strong, subtle performance is gloriously winning on its own.
80
Lyrical touches and the most moving use ever of Katy Perry's "Firework" almost cancel out a cheap-shot third-act tragedy, yet it's the actors that save the film from soaping itself into Euro-miserablist irrelevance.
75
Both actors are tremendous - especially Schoenaerts.
