From the Land of the Moon

From the Land of the Moon (, literally "disease of the stones") is a 2016 French film written and directed by Nicole Garcia and starring Marion Cotillard. The film is adapted from the 2006 Italian novella by Milena Agus. The film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, and received eight nominations for the César Awards, including Best Film, Best Director for Nicole Garcia, and Best Actress for Marion Cotillard. Plot At the end of WWII, a woman enters a marriage of convenience to a man who had shown kindness to her family during the war. Sickly from kidney stones, she travels to a fancy clinic for treatment and falls in love with a veteran she meets there. After they part, she considers whether to build a family with the man who loves her or re-kindle the lost bond with the man she loved while briefly away from home. Cast Marion Cotillard as Gabrielle Louis Garrel as André Sauvage Àlex Brendemühl as José Brigitte Roüan as Adèle Victoire Du Bois as Jeannine Aloïse Sauvage as Agostine Daniel Para as Martin Jihwan Kim as Blaise Victor Quilichini as 14-year-old Marc