La Famille Savage

The somewhat confusing title suggests a story of some adventurous tale from the colonial era or the Wild West conquest. In reality, it is an intimate psychological drama of siblings dealing with a serious illness and later with the death of their father, as well as with a midlife crisis, which includes not only difficulties in emotional relationships but also in professional direction. If you do not have the courage to change your lifestyle (which decreases as the years pass), you can easily turn great emotions into small ones and sacrifice the idea of your own family for the altar of comfortable survival. The film can rely on two top-notch character actors who give their maximum performance, and on sensitive direction with a sense of detail and intimate expression of emotions. The film somehow feels like it was directed by a woman. Overall impression: 85%. (11/10/2013)