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The Worst Ones

7.0

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Original title

Les piresaka

AKA

The Worst Ones

Year

2022

Running time

96 min.

Country

France

Director

Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret

Screenwriter

Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret, Elénore Gurrey

Cinematography

Eric Dumont

Cast

Johan Heldenbergh, Matthias Jacquin, Loïc Pech, Mallory Wanecques, Dominique Frot, François Creton, Angélique Gernez, Esther Archambault, Timéo Mahaut, Carima Amarouche, Mélina Vanderplancke

Producer

Les Films Velvet

Genre

Drama. Comedy | Film In Film

Synopsis

A group of teenagers street cast in their neighborhood and selected to play in a feature film during the summer.

Awards: 2022: Cannes Film Festival: Best Film ('Un Certain Regard')

2022: César Awards: Nom. for Best First Film & Best Promising Actress (Wanecques)

2023: Cesar Awards (France). 2 nominations

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Critics' reviews

"'Les pires' is more content bringing up issues of consent and artistic license without presenting a cogent philosophy, humanizing everyone, for better and worse"

Christian Gallichio: The Film Stage
"A provocative critique of filmmaking practices. It also presents a subtle defense of the onscreen miracles revealed by the young and the raw"

Lisa Kennedy: The New York Times
"'The Worst Ones' stays true to itself (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

Katie Rife: rogerebert.com
"As a film primarily of questions, suggestions, and possibilities rather than answers, the ending is less a fault than a finger on the pulse of its own uncertain moment (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

Clayton Dillard: Slant
"Conscientious and self-effacing, 'The Worst Ones' doesn’t entirely absolve itself of similar charges, though it does find artistry and honor where others tend not to look"

Guy Lodge: Variety
"Thought-provoking and sometimes darkly funny"

Anna Smith: Deadline
"It’s a premise that could have generated a coruscating satire (...) It could also, perhaps at the same time, have become an edgy drama (...) But Akoka and Gueret’s script fails to commit itself"

Lee Marshall: Screendaily
"A very successful first feature for Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret who, with great heart, truth and skill"

Fabien Lemercier: Cineuropa

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