In this film, she lets the emotions unravel naturally as players process their fate and their drudgery.
French filmmaker Mia Hansen-Løve's "One Fine Morning" is effused with the creator's motif of plain shots and featherweight dramatic touches that serves to enhance, not dilute nor cheapen, its emotional focuses in 35mm.
Like in her previous works, she has a gentleness when painting the portrait of women living and enduring in transitions, often exiting the bubble of a relationship or (re)entering.
The French actress shows up in every frame with a beatific warmth.
Her romance isn't just a respite from the heaviness of losing her father but a pursuit of living life to the fullest.
Clément and Sandra's relationship sparks a will-they-won't-they kind of tension.
Some family history also haunt the stress without overpowering their familial duty.
The central couple gets to "win" in a sense and stay together, though not without a tango of sadness.