Our reviews of films in theaters this Wednesday October 16, 2024.
“L’Amour ouf” by Gilles Lellouche
Presented as “an ultra-violent romantic comedy”, this film, adapted from the eponymous novel by Neville Thompson, unleashed passions all the way to the Cannes Film Festival, where it was presented in competition. Its final version (2h41) takes us back to the north of France in the 1980s, when a well-bred high school girl falls under the spell of a hothead, then into the following decade, where they meet again after a long separation . Despite the harshness of certain scenes, thephew love has everything to seduce a young audience, with brilliant “clipesque” production, action, feelings and a poster bringing together two actors as trendy as they are talented: Adèle Exarchopoulos and François Civil. Alongside them are Mallory Wanecque and Malik Frikah, and Alain Chabat, Benoît Poelvoorde, Vincent Lacoste, Elodie Bouchez and many others.
“Savages” by Claude Barras
After the unforgettable My life as a zucchiniCésar 2017 for best animated film, the very talented Claude Barras uses the stop motion technique to tell the story of Kéria. This little girl living in Borneo, near an oil palm farm, confronts us with all the contradictions of the time: an unwavering bond with nature and an uncontrollable attraction to technology, an attachment to our traditions and a new way of living. With a lively tone and modern language, endearing and complex characters, this astonishing film lifts the veil on an ecological drama without ever being heavy or giving lessons. Amazing.
“Barbes, Little Algeria” by Hassan Guerrar
Barely settled in Paris, in the Montmartre district, Malek (Sofiane Zermani), a single forty-year-old, receives a visit from his nephew (Khalil Gharbia), whom he takes in. From the bistro where he shares his meals with his friends to the parish where he helps the most deprived with an enthusiastic volunteer (Clotilde Courau), this man gradually integrates into a neighborhood where the Algerian community allows him to reconnect with his roots. . Bathed in a unique atmosphere and imbued with sincere emotion, Hassan Guerrar’s first film takes a tender and frank look at dual nationals with a tragi-comic tone free from any Manichaeism.
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