Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- melancholic
- sensual
- wistful
- quiet evening
- romantic drama night
What critics said
Critics broadly recognized the film's striking visuals and Marion Cotillard's performance while finding its period romance increasingly wan and melodramatic.
What sets it apart
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Gabrielle pursues an intoxicating conception of true love that repeatedly conflicts with the realities of marriage and intimacy.
Gabrielle's village, family, and marriage arrangement define female respectability through obedience and domestic conformity.
Alpine landscapes, passionate encounters, and heightened emotional states give the film an opulent but emotionally unstable register.
Gabrielle's retrospective experience blurs remembered passion, imagined escape, and psychological delusion.
Films like From the Land of the Moon, and why
The Age of Innocence
lush period romance centered on female desire, social constraint, and emotional idealization
Madame Bovary
literary romantic drama examining a woman's frustrated longing within restrictive provincial society
A Very Long Engagement
melancholic period romance contrasting domestic duty with passionate fantasy and escape
Movie Details
- Director
- Nicole Garcia
- Release Date
- 2016-10-19
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (318)
Cast
- Marion Cotillard
- Louis Garrel
- Àlex Brendemühl
- Brigitte Roüan
- Victoire du Bois
- Aloïse Sauvage
- Daniel Para
- Jihwan Kim
- Victor Quilichini
- Ange Black-Bereyziat
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now
- Rent
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is From the Land of the Moon about?
- A restless woman in postwar rural France risks respectability and marriage for an elusive vision of absolute love.
- What is From the Land of the Moon like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of From the Land of the Moon as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is From the Land of the Moon violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in From the Land of the Moon as mild.
- What did critics think of From the Land of the Moon?
- Critics broadly recognized the film's striking visuals and Marion Cotillard's performance while finding its period romance increasingly wan and melodramatic.
- Which films are like From the Land of the Moon?
- Films with a similar feel include The Age of Innocence, Madame Bovary, and A Very Long Engagement.
- How long is From the Land of the Moon?
- From the Land of the Moon runs 120 minutes.
- Where can I watch From the Land of the Moon?
- In United States, From the Land of the Moon streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now.
