With heartrending emotion and considerable physical punch emmanuelle bercot, in the opening film of the cannes film festival, immerses us in french young offenders procedures and the way they deal with the flotsam and jetsam appearing before them. Women take spotlight as curtain rises on cannes film fest. Bercot played down the significance of this milestone. French movies always seem to transport us to a world a little bit glitzier than our own, and a little bit more open to the unexpected. Go on a journey without leaving the couch with these excellent french films currently available on netflix. Spain 18 september 2015 limited israel 28 september 2015 haifa film festival greece 2 october 2015 athens film festival canada 9 november 2015 cinemania film festival italy 19 november 2015. Unquestionably wellmeaning, the french drama standing tall tackles a topic thats not often enough portrayed on screen. Opener standing tall trades star power for slog the festival opened in bright sunshine with a grim little french film whose inspirational title signaled its falsity. As the title suggests, emmanuelle bercots film is a redemption drama. Standing tall 2015, directed by emmanuelle bercot movie. Catherine deneuve, the grande dame of french cinema, is the calm center of this lowkey socialrealist drama about a teenage boy going wildly off the rails.
French director emmanuelle bercot r looks at actress catherine deneuve during a press conference for standing tall at cannes film festival on may, 2015 afp photoannechristine poujoulat cannes france afp a gritty french social drama by a female director opened the cannes film festival on wednesday rather than a customary. But florence blaque, a juvenile judge, and yann, a special educator, are convinced that they can save him from the spiral of revolt and violence in which he seems to be caught for the rest of his days. In the name of my daughter official trailer 1 2015 catherine deneuve movie hd duration. Emmanuelle bercot opens the 68th cannes film festival with a. Malony has been in conflict with the school and with the law since he was six. It takes the entire juvenile justice system to raise a child in standing tall, french director emmanuelle bercot s earnest homage to the unflagging dedication gallic social workers put into ensuring that no child gets left behind. The opening film at cannes 2015, starring catherine deneuve, treads an. The film received eight nominations at the 41st cesar awards and won two, best supporting actor for benoit magimel and most promising actor for rod paradot. Standing tall cant be faulted for energy and for seriousness and offers a.
Yet the movie is luminous enough to shed a ray of hope for malory. The 68th cannes film festival was held from to 24 may 2015. It is the centre of romance, sophistication, fashion, good wine and delicious food. It takes the entire juvenile justice system to raise a child in standing tall, french director emmanuelle bercot s earnest homage to the unflagging dedication gallic social workers put into. A minors judge and a caseworker work tirelessly to try to save the young offender. Standing tall 2015 emmanuelle bercot cast and crew.
The original title of standing tall, an inside look at frances enlightened treatment of disadvantaged atrisk youths, directed and cowritten by. The film takes place in october 2003 and from april 20 to july 2014. Standing tall 2015 emmanuelle bercot releases allmovie. It was selected to open the 2015 cannes film festival. Actress, director, screenwriter, voice, editor, participant. As french language films about efforts to rehabilitate violent yet hunky blonde juvenile delinquents go, emmanuelle bercots muddled standing tall is at least less irritating and fetishistic than. Since the coen brothers each received a separate vote, they were joined by seven other jurors to form the customary ninejuror panel. Standing tall 2016 tvpg 49m international movies from asia, africa and latin america, five women share extraordinary stories of strength and determination in the face of violence and inequality. Tall is an honourable if rarely surprising addition to the tradition of french films about challenged childhoods although its no 400 blows. Standing tall is a strange choice for an opening film at cannes because its so determinedly unglamorous though its status as the first from. The films sugary side will offend people and some in the audience were. The film tells the story of malony and his education as he grows from a sixyearold into an 18yearold. Poor and stupid people should not reproduce, lest they will produce and even more hopeless generation.
Standing tall is a 2015 french drama film directed by emmanuelle bercot. Find movie and film cast and crew information for standing tall 2015 emmanuelle bercot on allmovie. Standing tall shows the misery and pain of youngsters in rebellion. Actressdirector emmanuelle bercot kicks off cannes with a drama costarring catherine deneuve. Chronicling the turbulent teenage years of a french delinquent whose police record reads longer than. Standing tall, which is not in the official competition, is only the second film directed by a woman to open cannes, after a man in love, by the french director diane kurys, in 1987. Its like a propaganda film by dr goebbles, mistaken by critics as a social awareness flick. Joel and ethan coen were the presidents of the jury for the main competition. Find release information for standing tall 2015 emmanuelle bercot on allmovie allmovie. Emmanuelle bercots potent and compelling french drama le tete haute standing tall invites you to be a juvenile magistrate judge in the french court system through empathizing with the character of actress catherine deneuve as she judges, misjudges. It was the first time that two people chaired the jury. Standing tall was shot in dunkirk in northern france, known for its gloomy overcast skies. The first film directed by a woman to open the cannes film festival and the first french language picture in that position since 1987, it. Veteran deneuve and newcomer paradot play off each other extremely well, as one plays a stern but compassionate mother figure, while the other a volatile explosive.