I`ve Been Waiting So Long

Colour, 35 mm
France, 2004, 105 min
Section: Horizons

Synopsis

The director moves between melodrama and psychological study, in telling a story about a particular triangle between two women and one man. Alex seems to be a well-balanced forty-year-old who meticulously looks after the guests in his restaurant, as well as his mentally unstable younger brother. It seems he will finally marry the young woman Claire; but just as they are preparing their wedding, Jeanne arrives in Paris, Alex´s former love, and although they haven´t seen each other for 12 years, their feelings for each other flare up again. Jeanne maintains that her marriage was a mistake and bitterly regrets their breakup. The fragile Claire suffers from Alex´s infidelity and the evident signs of his alienation. The ground disappears from under Alex´s feet, every day he makes a different decision and is tormented by the awareness that he is wronging both women...

About the director

Thierry Klifa wrote for the journal Studio in 1991-2002. He made his film debut in 2001 with the short film Emilie est partie for which he wrote the script himself, as he did with his first feature film, I´ve Been Waiting So Long (Une vie a t´attendre, 2004).