In this beautiful movie,
Ludivine Sagnier plays Lily, a young woman with the mind of an unruly child who cannot be trusted to take care of herself.
Lily lives happily with her mother in the countryside and enjoys nature in many, not always conventional, ways. E.g. she doesn't mind having slugs (the "limaces" from the title) crawl over her and she has an office where she skins small animals to make slippers. When her mother dies unexpectedly, her conventional sister Clara, a lawyer, attempts to enlist the help of a neighbor to keep an eye on Lily. When that does not work, she feels obliged to move in with Lily and only see her husband at weekends.
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| Ludivine Sagnier as Lily |
Gradually, Clara starts to loosen up and becomes more like Lily. In the end, the exasperated husband seems to have disappeared and both sisters try to make a living selling furry slippers and home-made marmalade from their roadside stand.
A well-made "feel good" movie with excellent acting and lots of bucolic views of the sunny French countryside: ☆☆☆☆
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