Well written by Christine Argot, well shot by Claire Denis, and very well acted by Juliette Binoche; but the main character irritates.

The French film Un beau soleil intérieur (2017) was shown in the U.S. with the title Let the Sunshine In. It was co-written and directed by Claire Denis.Juliette Binoche portrays Isabelle, who is an artist. Isabelle is looking for love, but also looking for sex. In fact, she tells a friend that the only way she can climax when making love with one man is to think to herself, "He's a bastard." (Which he is.) Why would she stay with this man? She's looking for love in all the wrong places. That's the problem with the film, and probably why it has a terrible IMDb rating of 6.2. I might have given it a rating of 6 or 7, but Binoche is such a great actor that she earns the movie an additional point. Even if you think Juliette is foolish and misguided, Binoche makes you believe that she is that woman. You can decry her mistakes, but you can't dislike the portrayal. (Of course, it doesn't hurt that Binoche is so elegant and beautiful.)So, if you don't think you'd like a movie about a neurotic French artist, stay away. If you want to see what great acting looks like, see Un beau soleil intérieur.P.S. There's a long article about director Claire Denis in the May 28th issue of The New Yorker. However, the interviewer concentrated on Denis' next film, not this one.P.P.S. Can you recognize the old, overweight clairvoyant who appears at the end of the movie?

This felt like torture. I will say that the acting was believable. But, I had not one moment of caring or compassion for any of the characters, Binoche included. I can't get these minutes of my life back, but I can save others the time wasted. What an incredibly irritating, vapid, meaningless film. I'm going to sleep it off and hope I feel better in the morning. Blech.

I hadn't seen a preview or even read a precis before going, but I generally like French movies, so I went. I didn't know what to make of it -- at the beginning I thought it was a drama, but then the scenes got absurdly exaggerated, and I decided it must be a comedy that the language barrier kept me from finding funny. So I was surprised to learn from the reviews here that it was not a comedy! I still don't know what to make of it. So, my advice is, if you have to pay money to see this and you don't speak fluent French, don't bother (in my case, I have a theater membership that allows me pretty much unlimited movies, so I do tend to take chances).