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My Zoe

2019 · 100 min

A quiet, emotionally raw study of a mother's grief that slowly turns unsettling as love collides with scientific ambition.

Directed by
Julie Delpy
Genres
Drama, Science fiction
Starring
Julie Delpy, Gemma Arterton, Richard Armitage
Tagline
A mother's love knows no bounds
Overview
Isabelle, a geneticist recovering from a toxic marriage, is raising her only daughter, Zoe, with her contentious ex-husband. Zoe means everything to her mother and so when tragedy strikes the fractured family, Isabelle travels to Russia in seeking the help of a world-renowned fertility physician who Isabelle believes can help bring back her little girl.

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Directed by
Julie Delpy
Genres
Drama, Science fiction
Starring
Julie Delpy, Gemma Arterton, Richard Armitage
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • parenthood
  • family
  • science
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, science fiction
Directed by
Julie Delpy
Written by
Julie Delpy
Starring
Julie Delpy, Gemma Arterton, Richard Armitage, Daniel Brühl, Sophia Ally, Lindsay Duncan, Saleh Bakri, Jördis Triebel
Music
Christophe Beck
Cinematography
Stéphane Fontaine
Runtime
100 min
Country
France, Germany, United Kingdom
Languages
French, English

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