

The Swing
2019-04-04 · 74 min · ★ 8.3
An assured, emotionally rich film about the lies a family tells to keep their patriarch happy; and the unattended costs of their falsehood. After sixty years of marriage, Antoine and Vivi have lost their most beloved daughter; but no one has dared to tell the bedridden nonagenarian Antoine, lest his heart crack.
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- Cyril Aris
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- Lebanon
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- Released
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