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Sydney Morning Herald
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
French romantic drama Beating Hearts is in no hurry to reunite lovers
BEATING HEARTS ★★★ MA. 160 minutes. Selected cinemas from Thursday May 29 An early scene in Gilles Lellouche's Beating Hearts tells us all we need to know about the idealised romance between teenage dreamers Clotaire (Malik Frikah) and Jackie (Mallory Wanecque). Clotaire, who already sees himself as a tough guy, has just been in a schoolyard fight where he's successfully fought off his attackers three to one, with a crowd of kids cheering him on. Looking up, he finds himself face-to-face with Jackie, who hands him her bandana to wipe the blood off his face, like a queen at a jousting tournament bestowing a favour. A moment on, both their faces are bathed in white light, the other characters have vanished, and we're off into a fantasy dance sequence performed by the two of them mostly in silhouette, set to A Forest by The Cure (a little incongruously, if we pay attention to the lyrics about 'running towards nothing'). As this soundtrack choice suggests, all of this is happening in the mid-1980s – which suggests in turn that Lellouche, born in 1972, is tapping into nostalgia for his own youth, or the youth he wishes he had, especially in the film's first and superior half. The script is based on a novel by the Irish writer Neville Thompson, with the setting changed from the suburbs of Dublin to an industrial town in northern France. But the plot is the old standby 'boy meets girl' followed by inevitable heartbreak. However hard Clotaire and Jackie have fallen for each other, life takes them in different directions, as we discover when we resume the story after a 10-year time jump, with the pair now played by Francois Civil and Adele Exarchopoulos. Following a stint in prison, Clotaire becomes a full-on gangster, while she winds up married to her controlling former boss (Vincent Lacoste). While Civil and Exarchopoulos are nominally the film's leads, they make far less impact than Frikah and Wanecque as the younger, less jaded versions of the same characters, especially as Lellouche isn't in a rush to reunite the lovers, or to convince us they really could pick up where they left off.
The Age
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
French romantic drama Beating Hearts is in no hurry to reunite lovers
BEATING HEARTS ★★★ MA. 160 minutes. Selected cinemas from Thursday May 29 An early scene in Gilles Lellouche's Beating Hearts tells us all we need to know about the idealised romance between teenage dreamers Clotaire (Malik Frikah) and Jackie (Mallory Wanecque). Clotaire, who already sees himself as a tough guy, has just been in a schoolyard fight where he's successfully fought off his attackers three to one, with a crowd of kids cheering him on. Looking up, he finds himself face-to-face with Jackie, who hands him her bandana to wipe the blood off his face, like a queen at a jousting tournament bestowing a favour. A moment on, both their faces are bathed in white light, the other characters have vanished, and we're off into a fantasy dance sequence performed by the two of them mostly in silhouette, set to A Forest by The Cure (a little incongruously, if we pay attention to the lyrics about 'running towards nothing'). As this soundtrack choice suggests, all of this is happening in the mid-1980s – which suggests in turn that Lellouche, born in 1972, is tapping into nostalgia for his own youth, or the youth he wishes he had, especially in the film's first and superior half. The script is based on a novel by the Irish writer Neville Thompson, with the setting changed from the suburbs of Dublin to an industrial town in northern France. But the plot is the old standby 'boy meets girl' followed by inevitable heartbreak. However hard Clotaire and Jackie have fallen for each other, life takes them in different directions, as we discover when we resume the story after a 10-year time jump, with the pair now played by Francois Civil and Adele Exarchopoulos. Following a stint in prison, Clotaire becomes a full-on gangster, while she winds up married to her controlling former boss (Vincent Lacoste). While Civil and Exarchopoulos are nominally the film's leads, they make far less impact than Frikah and Wanecque as the younger, less jaded versions of the same characters, especially as Lellouche isn't in a rush to reunite the lovers, or to convince us they really could pick up where they left off.
Euronews
01-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Euronews
César Awards 2025: The redemption of ‘Emilia Pérez', the French Oscars' big winner
Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón made her first awards show appearance at last night's César Awards after keeping out of the awards circuit these last few weeks. She did so due to the offensive posts that were unearthed and effectively torpedoed the film's chances at Academy Awards glory. It turns out she was right to show up to France's equivalent of the Oscars, as she may have left empty-handed, but Jacques Audiard's Spanish language cartel musical won a total of seven trophies at the 50th edition of the awards. Emilia Pérez made a sweep by winning Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Original Music and Best Special Effects. Scroll down for the full rundown of this year's winners. Zoe Saldaña and Karla Sofía Gascón were both nominated for Best Actress, but lost to Hafsia Herzi, who starred as a prison supervisor in Stéphane Demoustier's Borgo. Audiard, who has now won 12 Césars, made a brief speech when accepting his Best Director award. 'It's such a pleasure although I fear you actually don't like me,' he quipped, visibly moved. 'I thank my marvellous team and when I say my team it's not in the sense of ownership, but rather a declaration of love. The same goes for the actresses. My darling Zoe, my darling Carla, my darling Adriana who is not here, Selena who is not here. I loved working with you, I love you.' Emilia Perez 's chances of winning Best Picture at the Oscars are basically non-existent at this point due to the scandal sparked by the discovery of Gascón's offensive tweets. The backlash hasn't had the same impact in France as it has in the US, however, and we're still predicting that Emilia Pérez will win at least three Oscars on Sunday, including Best International Film. Elsewhere, French blockbuster The Count of Monte Cristo and critical darling Beating Hearts, who each had 14 and 13 nominations respectively, missed out on major gongs. The Count of Monte Cristo only won Best Costume and Best Set Design, while Beating Hearts won Best Supporting Actor for Alain Chabat. Boris Lojkine's Souleymane's Story fared much better, by winning four awards, including Best Original Screenplay and Best Male Newcomer for Abou Sangare, who stars as the titular Guinean immigrant navigating the streets of Paris where he works as a bike courier ahead of his asylum interview. The evening's honorary tribute to Julia Roberts included retrospective of clips from Roberts' career – a moment that led the actress to say that she 'didn't recognize half of that work.' 'It has been incredible. It has been many years where I've had the opportunity, every day, to experience my dream. I'm grateful for the people that I have allowed me to live this dream,' Roberts said. She also thanked Catherine Deneuve for 'being born' and 'making the world of movies a better place.' Here is the full list of this year's César winners: Best Film The Count of Monte Cristo Emilia Pérez (WINNER) The Marching Band Souleymane's Story Misericordia Best Director Gilles Lellouche - Beating Hearts Matthieu Delaporte & Alexandre de la Patellière - The Count Of Monte Cristo Jacques Audiard - Emilia Pérez (WINNER) Boris Lojkine - Souleymane's Story Alain Guiraudie – Misericordia Best Actress Adèle Exarchopoulos - Beating Hearts Karla Sofía Gascón - Emilia Pérez Hafsia Herzi – Borgo (WINNER) Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Pérez Hélène Vincent - When Fall Is Coming Best Actor François Civil - Beating Hearts Benjamin Lavernhe - The Marching Band Karim Leklou - Jim's Story (WINNER) Pierre Niney - The Count of Monte-Cristo Tahar Rahim - Monsieur Aznavour Female Revelation Maïwène Barthelemy - Holy Cow (WINNER) Malou Khebizi - Wild Diamond Megan Northam - Rabia Mallory Wanecque - Beating Hearts Souheila Yacoub - Planet B Male Revelation Abou Sangare - Souleymane's Story (WINNER) Adam Bessa - Ghost Trail Malik Frikah - Beating Hearts Félix Kysil - Misericordia Pierre Lottin - The Marching Band Best Supporting Actress Élodie Bouchez - Beating Hearts Anaïs Demoustier - The Count of Monte Cristo Catherine Frot - Misericordia Nina Meurisse - Souleymane's Story (WINNER) Sarah Suco - The Marching Band Best Supporting Actor David Alaya - Misericordia Bastien Bouillon - The Count of Monte Cristo Alain Chabat - Beating Hearts (WINNER) Jacques Develay - Misericordia Laurent Lafitte - The Count of Monte Cristo Best Original Screenplay Stéphane Demoustier - Borgo Emmanuel Courcol & Irène Muscari - The Marching Band Boris Lojkine & Delphine Agut - Souleymane's Story (WINNER) Alain Guiraudie - Misericordia Louise Courvoisier & Théo Abadie - Holy Cow Best Adapted Screenplay Matthieu Delaporte & Alexandre de la Patellière - The Count Of Monte-Cristo Jacques Audiard - Emilia Pérez (WINNER) Michel Hazanavicius & Jean-Claude Grumberg - The Most Precious Of Cargoes Best First Film Wild Diamond - Agathe Riedinger Ghost Trail - Jonathan Millet The Kingdom - Julien Colonna A Little Something Extra - Artus Holy Cow - Louise Courvoisier (WINNER) Best Foreign Film Anora - Sean Baker The Seed of The Sacred Fig Tree - Mohammad Rasoulof The Apprentice - Ali Abbasi The Substance - Coralie Fargeat The Zone Of Interest - Jonathan Glazer (WINNER) Best Animated Feature Flow - Gint Zilbalodis (WINNER) The Most Precious of Cargoes - Michel Hazanavicius Savages - Claude Barras Best Documentary The Belle from Gaza Bye Bye Tiberias Dahomey Ernest Cole: Lost and Found The Bertrand's Farm (WINNER) Madame Hofmann Best Cinematography Beating Hearts The Count of Monte Cristo Emilia Pérez (WINNER) Souleymane's Story Misericordia Best Sound Beating Hearts The Count of Monte Cristo Emilia Pérez (WINNER) The Marching Band Souleymane's Story Best Editing Beating Hearts The Count of Monte Cristo Emilia Pérez The Marching Band Souleymane's Story (WINNER) Best Costumes Beating Hearts The Count of Monte Cristo (WINNER) Emilia Pérez Monsieur Aznavour The Divine Sarah Bernhardt Best Production Design Beating Hearts The Count of Monte Cristo (WINNER) Emilia Pérez Monsieur Aznavour The Divine Sarah Bernhardt
