Le temps d'aimer (Along Came Love)

At the start of Le temps d'aimer, gripping archive footage takes the viewer back to the liberation of France at the end of World War II. Redemption turns to cruelty when a group of women are publicly pilloried. Among them is the fictional character of Madelein (Anaïs Dumoustier). A few years later, she carries a big secret with her, as does François (Vincent Lacoste) with whom she falls in love with. What follows is a compelling melodrama rooted in director and cinematographer Katell Quillévéré's own family history. What binds a family more: lies or truth? As in Suzanne (FFG2013), Quillévéré manages to elegantly spread love and suffering over more than two decades in this gently ambitious co-production with Belgium. Composer Amine Bouhafa shows why he is a generational talent with a dazzling score.

"The life force created by keeping a secret proves to be lightning fuel in Katell Quillévéré’s post-war French family drama that takes the same epic sprawling form as her brilliant 2013 film, Suzanne. [...] Powered by an understated chemistry between Demoustier and Lacoste.” - Little White Lies