MA BELLE, MY BEAUTY / narrative feature · dir. MARION HILL

official selection SUNDANCE, SXSW 2021 · winner SUNDANCE NEXT AUDIENCE AWARD

VARIETY · ROGER EBERT · FILMMAKER MAGAZINE · INDIEWIRE  · NEW YORK TIMES

VARIETY: “Ma Belle, My Beauty” is lovely… Hill and cinematographer Lauren Guiteras seize the light in ways that suggest the unfolding dramas — while ouchy — are part and parcel of a life worth grabbing hold of. With its sun-dappled days, attractive farmhouse, fetching characters and at-the-ready bottles of red wine, the movie hints at Luca Guadagnino’s vexed idylls.

ROGEREBERT.COM: Simply put, Hill has made a real stunner with "Ma Belle, My Beauty”… an atmosphere of swoon, which invites us into the highs and lows, the hot days and hotter nights. All told, it's an absolutely enchanting pleasure that pulls us whole-bodied into its sway.