The worst ones / a film by Lise Akoka & Romane Gueret ; written by Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret and Eléonore Gurrey ; production company Les Films Velvet ; produced by Marine Alaric and Frédéric Jouve ; in coproduction with France 3 Cinéma and Pictanovo.
Widescreen. Title from disc surface. Originally released as a motion picture in 2021. Special features: short film by Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret 'Chasse royal' (2016). Mallory Wanecque, Timéo Mahaut, Johan Heldenbergh, Loïc Pech, Mélina Vanderplancke.
Summary:
Set in the suburbs of Boulogne-Sur-Mer in northern France, this captures a film within a film as it follows the production of a feature whose director turns to the local Ciť Picasso housing project for casting. Eager to capture performances of gritty authenticity, the director selects four working class teenagers to act in the film to the surprise and consternation of the local community, who question the director's choice of "the worst ones." As the director and crew audition, rehearse, film, and interact with their hand-picked cast, jealousies are stoked, lines are crossed, and ethical questions arise, with thought-provoking and at times darkly funny results. Winner of the top prize in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
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