What to see this week? Here are our reviews of the latest films released in theaters or on a platform.
Irena’s Vow : When reality goes beyond fiction
“It looks too big (and beautiful!), to be true. And yet, the impossible story of Irena Gut Opdyke, a young Polish woman played by a moving Sophie Nélisse, is indeed true. Kind of Schindler’s List in the feminine (on a smaller scale, of course!), Irena’s Vow (Irena’s Promise in French version), Canadian-Polish co-production, recounts his exploit,” writes our journalist Silvia Galipeau.
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Don’t expect too much from the end of the world : The lady in the car with glitter and a phone
” In Don’t expect too much from the end of the worlda fierce satirical comedy with joyfully irreverent humor, from the formidable director Radu Jude (Bad Luck Banging or Looney Porn, Golden Bear in Berlin in 2021) pits today’s Romania against that crumbling under the Ceauşescu dictatorship. To do this, he follows in parallel the journey of two women roaming the streets of Bucharest,” says our journalist Manon Dumais.
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The beast : What remains of our loves ?
“Paris, 2044, more than 60% of French people are unemployed because of artificial intelligence. In order to find a job, Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) must free herself from her affects by purifying her DNA as a man’s voice explains to her during the interview (Xavier Dolan, co-producer of the film with Nancy Grant). During the process, during which she relives parts of her previous lives, she meets Louis (George MacKay), who was her great love more than once,” explains our journalist Manon Dumais.
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Abigail : Dance of Death
“Now, the little dancer, who shows a penchant for Swan Lakeby Tchaikovsky, associated with vampire films since Dracula (1931), by Tod Browning, is a ferocious creature that drinks blood and likes to play with its food. With her fangs reminiscent of those of the ballerina of Cabin in the Woods (2011) and her dance moves borrowed from the M3GAN doll and Wednesday Adams, Abigail turns out to be a vampire as adorable as young Claudia fromInterview with the Vampire (1994), by Neil Jordan,” writes our journalist Manon Dumais.
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