If You Don’t I Will
4.0 out of 5.0 stars
by Mark Wilshin
With some heavyweight performances from French acting stalwarts Emmanuelle Devos and Mathieu Amalric and an electrifying script from director Sophie Fillières, If You Don’t I Will is a devastating bombshell of a film, exploring a relationship falling apart. From its opening sequence of nagging tension and dysfunctional disharmony, the film is fraught with cutting one-liners and an ever-widening distance. Despite a captivating single-handed performance from Devos, Arrête Ou Je Continue loses some of its crackling energy when she disappears into the French woodlands. But with such a wickedly observational script, If You Don’t I Will puts woman, man and their infernal relationships under the knife.
If You Don’t I Will is showing on Oct 12th, 17th and 19th at the 58th BFI London Film Festival
