Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

His Three Daughters: an honest reflection on death and the meaning of family

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Shelley Galpin, Lecturer in Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King's College London

How do you communicate death? This is the question posed towards the end of His Three Daughters – a rather audacious move considering that it revolves around the last days of a father whose titular daughters have all gathered to be present for his passing.

Set almost entirely within the apartment that is home to dying Vincent and daughter Rachel, the film captures a palpable sense of claustrophobia. Here, controlling, uptight Katie (Carrie Coon playing the modern-day equivalent of her character from The Gilded Age), emotional Christina (Elizabeth Olsen) and slacker Rachel (Natasha Lyonne)…

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