Director : Robert GuédiguianActors : Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan, Julie-Marie Parmentier, Jacques Boudet, Yann Trégouët, Frédérique Bonnal, Souhade Temimi, Maïa Sevleyan, Frédéric Garbe, Danielle Stefan, Jacques Germain, Axel Koehler Feature film, Fiction Production language : French Nationality : 100% French French release : 6/26/02 Runtime : 2h 5mn Current status : Released Official website : www.diaphana.fr/mariejo/Associate production company : Agat Films & CieCo-production : France 3 CinémaFrench distribution : DiaphanaFilm export/Foreign Sales : Films Distribution Synopsis It’s a fine day for a picnic on the smugglers’ trail, and yet Marie-Jo is there, pressing a knife blade into her wrist.
She’s deeply in love with her husband Daniel, likewise with Marco, her lover.
When Marie-Jo leaves Daniel to spend some time with Marco, Daniel waits for her quietly at home, suffering so much that he can hardly breathe. Marco realizes that Marie-Jo will never leave her husband to live with him. All three know there’s no way out.
Two love affairs that can lead nowhere, and yet, what else is there to do but just keep holding on? The knife blade against her wrist is no solution. Life must go on. Seasons come and go, Daniel builds houses, Marco surveys the sea…
And just like the sun rises and sets every day, Marie-Jo has two loves…
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