With a title taken from the song "Il y a longtemps que je t'aime," this film title misleads you to think it is a sappy love story. In fact the "Loved You So Long" refers to the love one sister has when the other is jailed for 15 years.Nominated for a Golden Globe as France's submission to Best Foreign Language film, and also for Kristin Scott Thomas performance as the leading actress. It won for neither and was subsequently lacking in Oscar nominations, what some call a snub, and what I call good taste by the Academy.
This film was slow, boring, and most importantly unrealistic. To go in-depth into the lack of reality would ruin the film, the reason for her incarceration, and the reason her family all but disowning her.
It pains me that the Golden Globe Committee and the Academy Award committee do not see eye-to-eye on the best foreign films more often. It means I have to watch more than five films to get through basically one category each year, but I am also glad the Oscars did not buy into any hype that may have surrounded this film.
Vote: 4/10
IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1068649/
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