Chloé ValmaryNovember 26, 2024
New to the cinema, the film “A Good Person” by Zach Braff with Morgan Freeman and Florence Pugh can be seen this evening on CANAL+ CINEMA(S). In addition to being a deeply human story, “A Good Person” is a continuation of Zach Braff’s directorial career, marked by his intimate approach and his talent for telling universal stories.
A Good Person: Florence Pugh in a touching role
In “A Good Person”, Allison (Florence Pugh) must face a tragedy that turns her life upside down: a car accident for which she is responsible costs the lives of her future sister-in-law and her husband. Overwhelmed by guilt and addiction, she finds unexpected support in the person of Daniel (Morgan Freeman), her future father-in-law, who must now take care of Ryan, his granddaughter, who finds herself an orphan.
Allison and Daniel’s destinies intersect in unexpected ways when they find themselves in a support group. Daniel reveals that he himself battled his own demons, including alcoholism, which took a serious toll on his family. Little by little, they learn to forgive themselves and others and find ways to ease their respective suffering.
If the film did not have a flourishing career (it was never released in cinemas in France, and was a flop at the box office), it has the merit of showing a new range of the immense talent of its main actress , Florence Pugh.
Revealed to the general public with the horror film “Midsommar” in 2019, she also shone in “The Daughters of Doctor March”, “Don’t Worry Darling”, “Oppenheimer”, and more recently in “Dune 2”. We will find her on January 1, 2025 starring in the drama “Love in the Present” in which she plays opposite Andrew Garfield.
Zach Braff: a career marked by intimacy
Revealed to the general public thanks to the series “Scrubs” in which he played the main role, Zach Braff established himself as a director with his first feature film, “Garden State” (2004). This film, which has become cult, already explored introspective themes, such as the weight of the past and the quest for meaning.
Zach Braff continued this exploration of the intimate with “The Role of My Life” in 2014, a semi-autobiographical story in which a family remained united in the face of the announcement of the grandfather’s illness.
In 2017, he returned behind the camera to direct “Old-fashioned Heist”, in which he already directed Morgan Freeman, for a somewhat special heist organized by three octogenarians.
With “A Good Person”, he returned to his first love, with an introspective film about human torment.
A GOOD PERSON can be seen on CANAL+.
