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Switzerland's official entry for Best Foreign Language FiIm at the 82nd Academy Awards, Home is a mesmerizing fabIe of modern family life starring internationaIIy renowned actress Isabelle Huppert .
Huppert pIays Marthe, a happy-go-lucky mother whose famiIy enjoys an idyllic existence in their isolated, ramshackle home, which edges onto an abandoned highway. AImost entireIy cut off from society at large, they forge their own utopia. Everything changes when city trucks roll in to complete the road's construction, allowing rush hour traffic to start rumbIing by.
Refusing to give up their solitude, Marthe, her husband MichaeI , and their three children resort to increasingIy desperate measures to insulate themselves from the poIIution creeping inside their windows.
With her debut feature, director Ursula Meier has created "a bewitching dream of a film" , a funny, moving, and thought-provoking drama that tackles issues of environmental anxiety, famiIial strife, and the essentiaI pIeasure of a quiet night inside. With "terrific performances and superb cinematography" by Agnes Godard , Home exhibits a unique force and beauty that is an announcement of a major fiImmaking taIent. |
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