2023-08-01 15:40:59
What films to see this week (or not)? Every Wednesday, find our reviews of the latest theatrical releases.
Published on August 01, 2023 at 5:40 p.m.
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The favorite of the week
“Yannick”, by Quentin Dupieux
Genre: uplifting unease
In a theater where a bad boulevard play is being performed, a member of the public takes the liberty of expressing his displeasure loud and clear. An unusual hostage situation ensues. Dupieux signs a corrosive and grating farce on today’s France.
With Raphaël Quenard, Pio Marmaï, Blanche Gardin. 1h05.
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Yannick
The other movies
“Wild Sunflowers”, by Jaime Rosales
Oriol Pla and Anna Castillo in “The Wild Sunflowers”, by Jaime Rosales. Photo: Hélène Louvart / Oberon Cinematografica.
Genre: love journey
Love and respect: the ingredients of happiness for Julia, from Barcelona and mother of two children. Through a sentimental education in three parts, the director paints a sunny and fair portrait of a modern young woman.
With Anna Castillo, Oriol Pla, Quim Ávila, Lluís Marqués. 1h47
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Wild Sunflowers
“Yamabuki”, de Juichiro Yamasaki
Kilala Inori dans « Yamabuki », de Yamasaki Juichiro. Photo Kenta Tawara / Film Union Maniwa et Survivance.
Genre: Japanese elegance
In western Japan, the crossed destinies of a Korean worker and a widowed policeman. A human and delicate mosaic, which mixes poetry and sociopolitical chronicle, where certain failings of Japanese society can be read.
Avec Kang Yoon-soo, Kilala Inori, Yohta Kawase, Misa Wada. 1h37.
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Yamabuki
“The Wastetown”, d’Ahmad Bahrami
Baran Kosari and Ali Bagheri in “The Wastetown,” by Ahmad Bahrami. Photo Masoud Amini Tirani / Mimrad.
Genre: theater of cruelty
Bermani searches for his son in a windswept Iranian landfill. In front of her, three men. They know what has become of him, but intend to take advantage of the young woman in this superbly staged black and white tragedy.
With Baran Kosari, Ali Bagheri, Babak Karimi. 1h38.
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The Wastetown
“It looks like the planet Mars”, by Stéphane Lafleur
Denis Houle, Larissa Corriveau, Hamza Haq, Fabiola N. Aladin and Steve Laplante in “Looking Like Planet Mars”, by Stéphane Lafleur. Photo Sara Mishara / Luc Déry and Kim McCraw.
Genre: orbiting
The Canadian Space Agency is recruiting five nickel-plated feet for a mission to Mars. Mixing the codes of reality TV and those of science fiction, this existential comedy seduces with its perched humor and its refusal of the spectacular.
With Steve Laplante, Larissa Corriveau, Fabiola N. Aladdin.
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Looks like the planet Mars
“Le Colibri”, by Francesca Archibugi
Bérénice Bejo and Pierfrancesco Favino in “The Hummingbird”, by Francesca Archibugi. Photo Enrico De Luigi / Fandango and Rai Cinema.
Genre: following me the deluge
This very tragic tragedy, where everything is always worse for the protagonist (the hummingbird of the title) and his family, ends up getting tired. Except when she is in the quasi-horror film, showing the excessively aged bodies of her actors.
With Pierfrancesco Favino, Bérénice Bejo, Nanni Moretti. 2:06 a.m.
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The Hummingbird
“Suro”, by Mikel Gurrea
Pol López in «Suro», by Mikel Gurrea. Photo Julián Rigau / Lastor Media.
Genre: neo-rurals are disillusioned
Elena and Ivan leave Barcelona to settle in the countryside and live off the cork harvest, but their plan to change everything turns out to be more radical than expected… A convincing first film, between tensions and very current social issues.
With Vicky Luengo, Pol López, Ilyass El Ouahdani. 1h56.
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suro
“Tropic”, by Edouard Salier
Pablo Cobo in “Tropic”, by Édouard Salier. Photo Mathieu Plainfossé / Rezo Productions.
Genre: Gattaca lookalikes
Between family drama, SF and monster film, a visual success whose scenario would have benefited from being tightened, densified, to remain captivating beyond the first hour. Nevertheless, we think a bit of Cronenberg, it’s not nothing.
With Pablo Cobo, Louis Peres, Marta Nieto. 1h50.
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Tropic
“Detective Conan: Le sous-marin noir” by Yuzuru Tachikawa
Detective Conan: The Black Submarine by Yuzuru Tachikawa. Yuhei Okada production.
Genre: makeover
New adaptation of the adventures of Conan, famous manga hero stuck in a child’s body. Well-crafted plot, action and twists à la James Bond: this Japanese detective definitely has everything great.
Film d’animation. 1h49.
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Detective Conan: The Black Submarine
“Francesca et l’Amour”, by Alba Sotorra
Francesca Llopis in “Francesca et l’amour”, by Alba Sotorra. Photo Lara Vilanova / Alba Sotorra and Frédéric Corvez.
Genre : Vicky Francesca Barcelona
A 60-year-old downloads Tinder and… There ends the rather amusing premise of this documentary, which turns out to be a rather accommodating portrait of the Barcelona artist Francesca Llopis, very comfortable with the camera.
Documentary. 1h23.
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Francesca and love
“Magic!”, Caroline Origer
Violetta and Maxie in “Magic! by Caroline Origer. Produced by La Fabrique d’Images, Seru Animation and Ella Films.
Genre: countdown
In this film regarding the “tooth fairies”, the garish colors and the thundering music have a repulsive effect at first sight. This is partly offset by a clever scenario, where it is particularly a question of blended families and ecological struggle.
Film d’animation. 1h19.
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Magic !
Not seen
“Toto’s jokes 2 – Green class”, by Pascal Bourdiaux
Hugo Trophardy in “Les Jokes de Toto 2 – Classe verte”, by Pascal Bourdiaux. Photo Stephane Le Parc / Frakas Productions.
With Hugo Trophardy, Guillaume de Tonquédec, Anne Marivin. 1h24.
“In Very Troubled Waters”, by Ben Wheatley
Jason Statham in “Troubled Waters” by Ben Wheatley. Photo Haris Zambarloukos/Warner Bros.
Avec Jason Statham, Jing Wu, Cliff Curtis. 1h56.
The editorial staff might not see these films.
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