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Between Two Worlds

6.4

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Original title

Le Quai de Ouistrehamaka

AKA

Between Two Worlds

Year

2021

Running time

106 min.

Country

France

Director

Emmanuel Carrère

Screenwriter

Emmanuel Carrère, Hélène Devynck. Novel: Florence Aubenas

Music

Mathieu Lamboley

Cinematography

Patrick Blossier

Cast

Juliette Binoche, Didier Pupin, Emily Madeleine, Evelyne Porée, Hélène Lambert, Léa Carne, Louise Pociecka, Steve Papagiannis, Aude Ruyter, Jérémy Lechevallier, Kévin Maspimby, Faïçal Zoua, Arnaud Duval, Nathalie Lecornu, Joël Graindorge, Clémentine Tehua

Producer

Cinefrance, Curiosa Films, France Télévision Distribution

Genre

Drama | Job/Employment. Social Drama

Synopsis

Marianne Winckler, a well-known author, goes to live in northern France to research for her new book on the subject of job insecurity. Without revealing her true identity, she gets hired as a cleaner, working with a group of other women. In this new role, she experiences financial instability and social invisibility first-hand. But she also discovers mutual assistance and solidarity, strong bonds shared by these behind-the-scenes working women.

Rankings Position

#83 Best Movies from 2021 (no animation films)
#94 Best Movies of 2021

Awards: 2021: San Sebastián Film Festival: Audience Award to Best European Film

Critics' reviews

"The movie provides some nice, memorable bonding moments between Marianne and her subjects (...) But its portrayal of cleaning women ultimately feels flat"

Peter Debruge: Variety
"'Between Two Worlds' is highly self-aware, at some points simply playing up the odd dissonance of seeing as glamorous a figure as Juliette Binoche scrubbing toilets, and at other points making more caustic commentary"

Ben Croll: The Wrap
"Social-issue drama with a pointedly, and at times oddly, bourgeois perspective"

Ben Kenigsberg: rogerebert.com
"Juliette Binoche’s beautiful performance anchors Emmanuel Carrère’s working-class drama"

Elena Lazic: The Playlist
"'Between Two Worlds' hits all the beats of an arthouse crowd pleaser for audiences who, like Marianne, can go back to their comfortable homes with a renewed appreciation for the people who clean up after them"

Anna Smith: Deadline
"Juliette Binoche strikes a nerve in this expectation-upending social drama (...) You could say it’s an especially honest film (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Dave Calhoun: Time Out
"Hilarious and emotionally devastating. This tale of a journalist masquerading as a cleaner is unforgettable (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"

Charlotte O'Sullivan: London Evening Standard
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