Cannes Review: Léa Seydoux In Mia Hansen-Løve’s ‘One Fine Morning’

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After she ascended to the Competition last year with Bergman Island, it’s bittersweet to see Mia Hansen-Løve back in the ranks of Directors’ Fortnight.

On the one hand, it’s a testament to her versatility that she can switch back and forth so adeptly, but at the same time, it’s a little galling to see women’s stories apparently banished from the Official Selection when so many bromances make the cut every year.

That’s not to say that One Fine Morning has anything radical to offer — the story of a single mother falling in love with her late husband’s (married) friend, it won’t win any prizes for advancing the feminist cause — but it does offer a very thoughtful character sketch, composed around what might be a career-best role for underused Bond star Léa Seydoux.Watch A Clip From Mia Hansen-Løve’s ‘One Fine Morning’ Starring Lea SeydouxSeydoux plays Sandra, a supremely stylish Paris mother who lives alone with her young daughter.

Sandra works as a translator, a peculiar but specific little detail that sees her out working with war veterans on a visit to Normandy one minute then stuck in a booth at a boring trade conference the next.