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Curling

2010 · 1h 32m · N/A Drama
Directed by Denis Côté

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Overview

Set in a rural Québec village in the dead of winter, Jean-François, a single father, works at a deserted bowling alley at night and in a rundown motel during the day. His daughter, Julyvonne, never leaves their home. Jean-François isolates her in fear that contact with the outside world will scar her the way it has him.

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69%
Tomatometer
Fresh

"Curling" is, in part, a film about secrets. Maybe we know what's going on, maybe we don't. That subtly unsettling ambiguity is yet another thing that makes this beguiling film so enticingly different.

Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times
Fresh

A bleakly allusive look at frozen lives, "Curling'' is very much a specialty item - a movie that goes nowhere slowly.

Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Rotten

No fan of linear narrative, intent only on revealing things through a glass darkly, writer-director Denis Cote wants us to be puzzled. He succeeds rather too well.

Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

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