Cdo you know Miracle Island ? This is the Holy Grail for Liane Pougy. Without particles, unlike the “large horizontal” of the Belle Époque (Liane de Pougy), but the ref’ is amusing. Liane is 19 years old, she lives in the working-class neighborhoods of Fréjus (Var), money is lacking, so is her father, so she argues with her mother, takes very good care of her little sister, who admires her, and lives obsessed with beauty, at least according to the canons of reality TV which bombards the screen of her glittery smartphone thanks to social networks.
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Vain? On the contrary, “it’s useful because it makes people dream.” Miracle Island is a reality TV show, and Liane has just been selected for the next season after a casting call. Her life will change, she is sure, she will become “the French Kim Kardashian”. But the producer doesn’t call her back, so Liane, who has a good heart but who can’t stand being paid for her head or her body, spins, ready for anything, but always dignified, a courageous girl with flowery language.
Impactful cinema moment
rough diamond, one of the revelations of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, is the first film by Agathe Riedinger, also that of her actress, Malou Khebizi, from a wild casting, that is to say not reserved for professionals. Good pick: she bursts the screen in this moment of impactful cinema nourished by reminiscences of To our loves by Pialat, where Sandrine Bonnaire played the role of the teenager who searches for herself in the labyrinth of life.
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Rough diamondwhich bears its name aptly, is intense, not a Manichean for a penny, never judges and is content to film its actors, their dreams, their rage as closely as possible, signifying the blossoming of two talents, a director and an actress whose we haven’t heard the last of it.
“Rough Diamond” ✭✭✭✭drama by Agathe Riedinger (France, 1h43) with Malou Khebizi, Idir Azougli, Andréa Bescond… In theaters on November 20.
The stars of Point : ✩✩✩✩✩: Null; ✭: Bad; ✭✭: Medium; ✭✭✭: Good; ✭✭✭✭: Excellent; ✭✭✭✭✭: Exceptional
