“A miracle”: rated 4.2 out of 5, this is Denis Ménochet’s best film! – Cinema News

Inglourious Basterds, To the Guard, Only the Beasts, Thanks to God, Designated Guilty, The French Dispatch, As Bestas, Beau Is Afraid… Denis Ménochet has a string of successful films, whether critical or public.

The 47-year-old French actor is starring this week in Chien Blanc by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette. In this adaptation of the novel of the same name by Romain Gary, Denis Ménochet plays the famous novelist. The story takes place in 1968 in the United States. Martin Luther King is assassinated and racial hatred sets the country on fire. Romain Gary and his wife, actress Jean Seberg (played here by Kacey Rohl), who live in Los Angeles, take in a stray dog, trained exclusively to attack black people: a white dog. The writer, an animal lover, refuses to have him euthanized, at the risk of jeopardizing his relationship with Jean, a civil rights activist and very active within the Black Panthers.

This film largely focuses on the tormented love story of the French novelist and the American New Wave icon. On the occasion of the theatrical release of Chien Blanc, find out which film with Denis Ménochet is the favorite of AlloCiné Internet users.

Denis Ménochet made his debut on screen in 2003 in the TV series Adventure and Associates and Caméra Café before gradually becoming one of the essential faces of French cinema. In his 21-year career, the actor has appeared in 70 films and series and 20 of his films have an average audience rating of at least 3.5 stars.

Internet users’ favorite film

The highest rated film of his career is Inglourious Basterds by Quentin Tarantino in which he plays Pierre LaPadite who we see at the beginning of the film. The feature film also led by Mélanie Laurent, Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz and Diane Kruger has an audience rating of 4.3 on AlloCiné.

But here we are going to focus more on a film in which Denis Ménochet is the main actor. And so it is Thanks to God by François Ozon who wins with an average spectator rating of 4.2/5.

Inspired by the affairs of Father Preynat – indicted in 2016 and placed under judicial supervision for sexual assaults dating back to 1986 -, Thanks to God scrupulously relates the fight led by La Parole Libée.

After having repeatedly painted the portrait of female characters on screen (8 Women, Swimming Pool, Jeune & Jolie), François Ozon looks here at the intersecting destinies of four men, four victims with different feelings, magnificently interpreted by Melvil Poupaud , Denis Ménochet, Swann Arlaud and Eric Caravaca. Thanks to God is also the favorite feature film of AlloCiné Internet users among the filmography of François Ozon.

Grand Jury Prize (Silver Bear) at the 2019 Berlin Film Festival, the film received 7 César nominations including 4 for its actors: Best Supporting Actor for Denis Ménochet And Swann Arlaud (who wins at the end of the ceremony), Best Actor for Melvil Poupaud and Best Supporting Actress for Josiane Balasko.

On AlloCiné, Thanks to God has 5570 ratings and 481 reviews, 432 of which rated the film 3 stars minimum.

Bertie Quincampoix gives it the maximum score and writes: “Thanks to God is of undeniable power. Extremely documented, this remarkably fluid film immerses us in the fight of forty-year-olds who are victims of abuse at the hands of a priest. ( …) Carried by incredible actors, this feature film with rare finesse and great intelligence is also a reflection on the reconstruction of oneself, shame and the difficulty of speaking, the relationship with faith and the possibility of continuing to believe in God. This magnificent portrait of men united by the same cause but singular in their inner struggle is magnified by music by the brothers Evgueni and Sacha Galperine.

Plebiscite for the actors of the film

An opinion shared by AlloCiné Club member Christoblog: “By choosing to focus on the personal journey of three of Father Preynat’s victims, rather than the investigation itself, François Ozon has achieved a masterstroke. His film in fact therefore avoids the trap of the film-document and that of the incriminating film: Thanks to God is above all the sensitive portrait of three very dissimilar personalities who will have to fight against the same demon, with very different weapons, but one equivalent pugnacity. The viewer is overwhelmed by emotion more than once during this film. The scenario is both fine and detailed, the direction sober and gripping: everything combines to grab us by the throat, by the heart, and. to the guts.

But the most remarkable thing in this very beautiful film is the performance of the three main actors. Melvil Poupaud, as a tenacious and somewhat naive fervent Catholic, is perfect as usual. Denis Ménochet finds in this film a role that suits him perfectly: a cheeky and gently eruptive atheist, he has a little something of Depardieu. As for Swann Arlaud, he delivers an exceptional performance, giving the best of himself here: sensitive, raw and fragile.

The film is a miracle: it manages to constantly move people without overwhelming the executioners, who ultimately appear weak and ridiculous. Ozon’s best film, and probably one of the best French films of 2019.”

For Isabelle EC, Thanks to God is “Delicate, balanced and non-partisan, without any caricature, well constructed, the perfect film. The actors and actresses are excellent. The different aspects of this affair and the liberation of speech unfold like a passage of witnesses between the 3 main heroes, like a loop It is overwhelming and human, right in the family and social relationships, dissected clearly with finesse, and an essential questioning on life and the duty to act for it. Which is just. The best movie I’ve seen in a long time.”

Nicolas T. finds the feature film “Sober and moving. The film hits the right note, with delicacy and without caricature. Ozon follows three moving characters who struggle and bring together their suffering to combat the church’s silence on pedophilia in the church The staging accompanies them with fervor and attention and gives pride of place to actors in a state of grace. Melvil Poupaud, Denis Menochet and Swann Arlaud are brilliant, without forgetting the women who surround them, from Balasko to Aurélia Petit and Hélène. Vincent, they are magnificent, in the shadows but so necessary for these wounded men.”

Finally, for Alice025 of Club AlloCiné, the film is “Extremely well handled and directed, François Ozon seduces again, on a rather harsh subject: pedophilia in the Church. The story focuses above all on the story of three victims: each has their part of the film, before putting all the pieces together to show the extent of this scandal. Melvil Poupaud, Denis Ménochet and Swann Arlaud are all three impressive in their respective roles, all in sobriety and finesse. always fair, without falling into tears Let’s not also forget the loved ones around them who also have important roles (Josiane Balasko, Hélène Vincent…) We can only be stunned and angry about this subject and above all. facing the passivity of the Church in the face of said scandal It is above all a story of reconstruction, justice and hope for the future. A realistic, tough film, but also dazzling in its courage.

Thanks to God is currently available on Netflix.