Two of Us is France’s official entry for the 2021 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film stars Barbara Sukowa and Martine Chevallier, as Nina and Madeline, two retired women in love secretly for decades. The film is directed by Filippo Menghetti and is scheduled to come to theaters in the United States February 5, 2021.
Here’s the official synopsis:
Two retired women, Nina and Madeleine, have been secretly in love for decades. Everybody, including Madeleine’s family, thinks they are simply neighbors, sharing the top floor of their building. They come and go between their two apartments, enjoying the affection and pleasures of daily life together, until an unforeseen event turns their relationship upside down and leads Madeleine’s daughter to gradually unravel the truth about them.
