This is one huge subtle heart-breaking performance by Kristin Scott Thomas! She makes this film shine, no doubt, no matter how good both male leads are. She can do it because the script by director Catherine Corsinsi and Gaëlle Macè is concise, psychologically sound and realistic throughout, except for the ending where I see some magic realism. We don't need to know more about the characters than what the script offers. Our sympathy and empathy comes and goes between the 3 characters (and the children!) and our hearts break at the amount of damage that can result – but would not need to if different choices had been made, especially by the husband! – from love. It is a story familiar to almost everyone. Most of us have lived our own similar experience – or at least heard from others near to us. This movie is already in my top ten list of 2010 (why oh why did it reach Argentina only now???) and is the second this year to get 10/10.
