A sort of ballet of emotions, executed with weightless grace and poise.

Claire Denis, an acclaimed French director, makes films that defy the rules of Hollywood.

It's a beautiful picture but very quietly so, and definitely not for the ADHD set.

35 Shots of Rum would seem to be a radical departure for director Denis, a warm, intimate, minor key domestic drama which borrows much of its internal plot mechanics from Ozu’s masterful Late Spring. A closer examination reveals that not to be the case.