--- ---  # Juliette Binoche Glows in Bittersweet _Let the Sunshine In_  by [Stephanie Zacharek](https://time.com/author/stephanie-zacharek/)  ## Stephanie Zacharek Film Critic May 10, 2018 11:25 AM UTC  Binoche seeks answers to timeless questions Binoche seeks answers to timeless questionsSundance Selects  by [Stephanie Zacharek](https://time.com/author/stephanie-zacharek/)  ## Stephanie Zacharek Film Critic May 10, 2018 11:25 AM UTC As we clamor to celebrate female filmmakers in the U.S., let’s not forget those who have been working for years in France. Claire Denis (_Beau Travail_, _Friday Night_) is one of the best of those, and her latest film, _Let the Sunshine In_, is a multifaceted, bittersweet delight. A superb Juliette Binoche plays Isabelle, a middle-aged artist who has split from–though still occasionally sleeps with–her longtime partner and is wondering what her next act might be. Neither a moody, preening actor (Nicolas Duvauchelle) nor the oafish married banker (Xavier Beauvois) who tells her, “You’re charming, but my wife is extraordinary” deserve her. On the most basic level, _Let the Sunshine In_ is a wry, deeply enjoyable picture about the cursed horror of dating and how desire drives us even when we wish it wouldn’t. But Denis and Binoche go even further: Binoche’s face, its radiance both celestial and lived-in, is itself an elegant question, an amalgam of Who am I? What do I want? and Where can I find it? The eternal asking of those questions, frustrating as they can be, is their own answer. Juliette Binoche Makes "Let the Sunshine In" Glow ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5272346/juliette-binoche-let-the-sunshine-in-review/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5272346/juliette-binoche-let-the-sunshine-in-review/"},"headline":"Juliette Binoche Glows in Bittersweet Let the Sunshine In","datePublished":"2018-05-10T11:25:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T20:14:12.801Z","description":"\"Let the Sunshine In,\" starring Juliette Binoche, is a deeply enjoyable picture about the horrors of dating, TIME's movie critic writes.","url":"https://time.com/5272346/juliette-binoche-let-the-sunshine-in-review/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd69ae3590340a319/69892ffd97cdff71106b52f2/let-the-sunshine-in-bionche.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Stephanie Zacharek","jobTitle":"Film Critic","url":"https://time.com/author/stephanie-zacharek/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd69ae3590340a319/69892ffd97cdff71106b52f2/let-the-sunshine-in-bionche.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Binoche Let the Sunshine In","caption":"Binoche Let the Sunshine In","creditText":"Sundance Selects","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5272346/juliette-binoche-let-the-sunshine-in-review/","name":"Juliette Binoche Glows in Bittersweet Let the Sunshine In"}}]}] ```