Cannes Review: Arnaud Desplechin’s ‘Deception’

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Arnaud Desplechin returns to the Cannes Film Festival with Deception (Tromperie), a self-indulgent Philip Roth adaptation that’s only marginally better than 2017’s derided Ismael’s Ghosts. One of t…

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Female characters conform to various stereotypes in this Cannes Premiere selection: Rebecca Marder is a bright, beautiful young student whose mental health problems are mined for humor while she’s also being sexualized. She says her problems stem from picking the wrong men, but that Podalydes’ Philip wasn’t one of them. A lover who may be dying of cancer is constantly waiting by the hospital phone for Philip to call and comfort her. At least she has a name, Rosalie.

 

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