More than Ever

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More than Ever

2022

2h 2m

Drama

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Hélène and Mathieu have been happy together for many years. The bond between them is deep. Faced with an existential decision, Hélène travels alone to Norway to seek peace, an act that will test the strength of their love.

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Critics Consensus

Led by a pair of layered, soulful performances, More Than Ever is a sensitive drama that poses nuanced questions about love and mortality.

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Christina Newland

iNews.co.uk

Sep 18, 2024

3/5

In more ways than one, the spectre of death hangs heavily over More Than Ever, and Atef does not seek to comfort the viewer. But she does examine the marital and gendered responses and rifts to disease and grief that are rarely explored on screen.

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

Oct 23, 2023

This is Krieps’ show, another elegantly virtuosic, intelligent turn that, in this case, imbues sickness with dignity so that every strained grasp for breath feels like a victory for autonomy.

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Beatrice Loayza

New York Times

Oct 5, 2023

Krieps and Ulliel give weight and texture to the couple’s push and pull.

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Daniel Allen

Loud and Clear Reviews

Jul 25, 2024

4/5

Vicky Krieps and the late Gaspard Ulliel star in More Than Ever, Emily Atef’s quietly profound drama about an ill woman seeking comfort in the face of death.

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Conor Truax

In Review Online

Oct 7, 2023

In many ways, More Than Ever is as much a film about life and death as it is about nature and civilization.

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Gary M. Kramer

MovieJawn

Oct 4, 2023

This is a compelling and moving drama about how people cope differently with the inevitability of death.

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Alain E

@AlainE May 11, 2026

An interesting film about negotiating with an imminent death. In the beginning it is not clear where the story is going. The heroine is a young woman in France with a terminal lung condition for which the only potential treatment is lung transplantation. Married to a very supportive husband she meets on line a young man who is also seriously ill. On the spur of the moment she decides to travel to meet him in Norway, where he lives. When she arrives, she finds out that the man who receives her is significantly older and he admits that he used on his online posts the picture of another much younger man in the same ward. Despite this, she decides to stay in a small shed in his remote house. The dark signs do not foretell a disaster. The man is a strange loner, but not a rapist. Eventually, the woman decides that she will stay in Norway to die alone and she will not accept the transplant. Acting and photography is very good. Symbolic images from nature, we could have done without. On Tubi.

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Drew M.

@Stonehands211 Apr 5, 2026

Possibly Krieps best performance to date. What a wonderful send off of a performance for Gaspard Ulliel as well. Went out on top.

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Tom P

@tpease Mar 20, 2025

It may be slow for some, but the acting is wonderful. Vicky Krieps is especially good. She conveys authenticity over a broad range of emotions. The theme of death is difficult, but it is explored deeply and realistically, both from the perspective of the dying and those who love them. The cinematography with its excellent use of light, is also worth noting.

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Emily Atef

Director

Vicky Krieps

Hélène

Gaspard Ulliel

Matthieu

Bjørn Floberg

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Emily Atef

Writer

Lars Hubrich

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Synopsis

Hélène and Mathieu have been happy together for many years. The bond between them is deep. Faced with an existential decision, Hélène travels alone to Norway to seek peace, an act that will test the strength of their love.

Director: Emily Atef
Producer: Xénia Maingot
Screenwriter: Emily Atef, Lars Hubrich, Emily Atef, Lars Hubrich
Production Co: Doco Digital, Luxembourg Film Fund, Eaux-Vives Productions, Mer Film
Genre: Drama
Original Language: French
Runtime: 2h 2m

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