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If your father is closer to your ex-boyfriends than he is to you, you might not
have the greatest father/daughter relationship. Such is the case with Justine,
played by the always radiant Mélanie Laurent, (The Roundup, SFJFF 2011,
Inglourious Basterds) whose hard-nosed father Eli can only learn more
about his aloof daughter by befriending her ex-boyfriends. He soon discovers
Justine uses her job as an X-ray technician to develop her burgeoning artistic
endeavors: assembling life-size human skeletal collages from the patients she
scans. Eli agrees to be her next art project in a feeble attempt to get closer
to his daughter. His scans reveal he has a serious heart condition, which he
keeps secret from the rest of the family. While a new romance with a hunky
shoe salesman blossoms for Justine, Eli prepares to have a new baby with his
much younger second wife, much to the chagrin of Justine and her sister. A
stylish, quirky and honest depiction of a contemporary Jewish family in Paris,
The Day I Saw Your Heart marks the impressive debut of filmmaker Jennifer
Devoldère, who wrote the script with Mélanie Laurent in mind, and has crafted
a film that ultimately celebrates what it means to love.
