The opening film at cannes 2015, starring catherine deneuve, treads an. Find movie and film cast and crew information for standing tall 2015 emmanuelle bercot on allmovie. It was selected to open the 2015 cannes film festival. 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. 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.
Its like a propaganda film by dr goebbles, mistaken by critics as a social awareness flick. The film takes place in october 2003 and from april 20 to july 2014. Emmanuelle bercot opens the 68th cannes film festival with a. 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 shows the misery and pain of youngsters in rebellion. This film follows the journey, during a dozen years, of two people. Actress, director, screenwriter, voice, editor, participant. France 2015 drama 120 mins french with english subtitles hawaii premiere. Yet the movie is luminous enough to shed a ray of hope for malory.
Find release information for standing tall 2015 emmanuelle bercot on 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Chronicling the turbulent teenage years of a french delinquent whose police record reads longer than. 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.
Of course, only those on the inside can say how far all of this is an accurate snapshot of french juvenile justice, and how much it is making. Standing tall is a strange choice for an opening film at cannes because its so determinedly unglamorous though its status as the first from. 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. Joel and ethan coen were the presidents of the jury for the main competition. 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.
Go on a journey without leaving the couch with these excellent french films currently available on netflix. 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. Actressdirector emmanuelle bercot kicks off cannes with a drama costarring catherine deneuve. Cannes film festival opens with standing tall the new. The original title of standing tall, an inside look at frances enlightened treatment of disadvantaged atrisk youths, directed and cowritten by. But good intentions take director emmanuelle bercots movie only so far, as one is left with the impression that the sincerity of the endeavor has outpaced its execution. 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. It is the centre of romance, sophistication, fashion, good wine and delicious food. 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. A minors judge and a caseworker work tirelessly to try to save the young offender.
Malony has been in conflict with the school and with the law since he was six. Find release information for standing tall 2015 emmanuelle bercot on allmovie allmovie. It was the first time that two people chaired the jury. Standing tall is a 2015 french drama film directed by emmanuelle bercot.
Poor and stupid people should not reproduce, lest they will produce and even more hopeless generation. Standing tall 2015 posters the movie database tmdb. Bercot played down the significance of this milestone. The films sugary side will offend people and some in the audience were. Standing tall was shot in dunkirk in northern france, known for its gloomy overcast skies. French actor lambert wilson was the host for the opening and. Women take spotlight as curtain rises on cannes film fest.
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. Standing tall cant be faulted for energy and for seriousness and offers a. 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. In the name of my daughter official trailer 1 2015 catherine deneuve movie hd duration. Unquestionably wellmeaning, the french drama standing tall tackles a topic thats not often enough portrayed on screen. Standing tall 2015 emmanuelle bercot releases allmovie. In this short documentary, three french speaking women from senegal, mexico and belgium examine their own experiences as immigrants in vancouver, where they raise their children alone. Standing tall 2015 emmanuelle bercot cast and crew. The film tells the story of malony and his education as he grows from a sixyearold into an 18yearold. As the title suggests, emmanuelle bercots film is a redemption drama.