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Partisan

2015

Ariel Kleiman

Jeremy Chabriel, Vincent Cassel, Florence Mezzara, Sapidah Kian ...

5.7

587

Drama Alexander is like any other kid: playful, curious and naïve. He is also a trained assassin. Raised in a hidden paradise, Alexander has grown up seeing the world filtered through his father, Gregori. As Alexander begins to think for himself, creeping fears take shape, and Gregori’s idyllic world unravels.

	Author	Review
United States	Ben Kenigsberg Variety	"A confidently told and in some ways quite original debut feature from Australian director Ariel Kleiman."	POS
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"While the systematic corruption of innocents under a seemingly benevolent protector makes for a disturbing scenario (...) Ariel Kleiman dulls the unease with his studiedly enigmatic approach."	NEU
United Kingdom	Mark Kermode The Guardian	"A haunting, nonspecific fable (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Helen T. Verongos The New York Times	"[Ariel Kleiman and Sarah Cyngler] have cut their story loose from any real significance"	NEG
United States	Susan Wloszczyna rogerebert.com	"Kleiman has said that he wanted his film to be told entirely from Alexander’s point of view, but the character is too one-dimensional to fully act as our stand-in (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU

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