Little White Lies

The Sisters Brothers

Directed by JACQUES AUDIARD

Starring JOHN C. REILLY JOAQUIN PHOENIX JAKE GYLLENHAAL

Released 5 APRIL

Something is rotten in the state of Oregon, though it’s difficult to tell if the putrefaction of human flesh or various puddles of vomit left across the virgin landscape are the main culprit. In Jacques Audiard’s – which marks a departure and – the visceral imposition of aggressive civilisation on the pastoral idyll takes center stage. As the land burns up, so do men – and Audiard, meditative as ever – has much to tell us about the nature of personal trauma.

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