London Film Festival 2022: More than Ever [Video]

London Film Festival 2022: More than Ever | Review

Contemplating the impact of illness on romantic relationships, Emily Atef’s More than Ever is a powerful story told with equal parts poeticism and intimacy. 

The film follows Hélène, a terminally ill woman who lives in France with her loving husband, Mathieu (Gaspard Ulliel). Feeling lost and isolated from her partner and peers, whom she feels are not equipped to emotionally support her, the protagonist begins following the blog of a terminally ill man (Bjørn Floberg) living in the serenity of the Norwegian mountains. Hélène, resonating with the man’s dispensation of platitudes (“I hate healthy persons,” he proudly proclaims) decides to travel to Norway alone, to the confusion of Mathieu, who wants her to stay in France in case a suitable lung donor becomes available. Staying in a boathouse attached to the man’s property, Hélène comes to a profound understanding, which changes her perspective on her illness and her relationship with Mathieu. The film …