Sibyl - Labirinti di donna

Guy Lodge

How often do we see a movie psychotherapist who's actually good at their job? Genre film is peppered with on-screen couch doctors whose unorthodox methods or blatant non-professionalism keep the story rolling, whether they're falling in love with clients or going steadily mad themselves. Played with smart, subtle verve by Virginie Efira, the title character in Justine Triet's "Sibyl" is a notable addition to the cracked-shrink club, and the fact that she's cribbing her clients' confessions for the lurid novel she's writing is only the start of it: Triet's chic, blackly comic psychodrama piles up bad decisions like so many profiteroles in a croquembouche, admiring the teetering spectacle of its chaos as it goes. [...]

di Guy Lodge, articolo completo (6279 caratteri spazi inclusi) su Variety 24 maggio 2019