An Impossible Love

New York Jewish Film Festival

Film

Monday, January 27, 2020
9 – 11:15 pm
Film at Lincoln Centre - Walter Reade Theatre - 165 West 65th St

Rachel, a young office clerk, meets Philippe, a charismatic man from a bourgeois family, and she gives birth to a daughter amid their whirlwind romance. But Philippe proves to be an insufferable narcissist, disappearing and reappearing as a toxic presence in the lives of both Rachel and her daughter Chantal. Over the next 50 years, Rachel and Chantal attempt to preserve an unconditional love for each other despite the absent and abusive father. Hailed as a “brilliantly dark and tender family drama” by The GuardianAn Impossible Love meditates on all forms of love—familial, romantic, functional—and their messy intersections. 

U.S. Premiere

An Impossible Love, Catherine Corsini, France/Belgium, 2018, 130 min.

Courtesy of Menemsha Films.