Materialists

To marry for love or money? The eternal question that has tormented generations of women takes on new life in the brilliant hands of Celine Song, the director who dazzled us with ‘Past Lives’. This time, she presents us with Lucy, an elite matchmaker who sells the dream of true love to New York’s high society while she herself navigates the treacherous waters of her own romantic contradictions.

Dakota Johnson embodies a woman who knows the rules of the game perfectly: in the world of luxury love, everything comes down to mathematics. Height, income, physical attractiveness. Until she finds herself trapped between two irreconcilable worlds: Pedro Pascal as Harry, the perfect “unicorn” with fortune and charm, and Chris Evans as John, her ex-boyfriend waiter who awakens that authentic spark that money can’t buy.

Song achieves something extraordinary: taking the codes of classic romantic comedies and giving them brutal, contemporary honesty. There’s no brilliant escapism here, but a raw look at the decisions women must make in the 21st century. The film is sadder, more substantial, and much more intelligent than its glamorous surface suggests. ‘Materialists’ is a premiere you can’t miss if you want to see how love is negotiated in Manhattan penthouses and what real price following your heart has.