Between Two Worlds

2022 1h 47m FR

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6.9

SOLID

★6.9TMDB · 171

Drama

Synopsis

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Marianne Winckler relocates to the port city of Caen in order to pass herself off as a member of a large community of itinerant workers desperate to make ends meet. She gains employment as a cleaner on a ferry travelling between Ouistreham and Portsmouth, recording the drudgery of the work she and her colleagues are required to do.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Juliette Binoche
Marianne Winckler
Hélène Lambert
Chrystèle
Louise Pociecka
Louise
Steve Papagiannis
Steve
Jérémy Lechevallier
Eric
Kévin Maspimby
Kévin
Faïçal Zoua
Faïçal
Arnaud Duval
M. Mathieu

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Emmanuel Carrère
Writers: Hélène Devynck, Emmanuel Carrère
Languages: French, German
Countries: France

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ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, German.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Emmanuel Carrère, shot by Patrick Blossier. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mathieu Lamboley. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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ERA

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Editor Albertine Lastera shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Juliette Binoche and Hélène Lambert and Louise Pociecka carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt10088984 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Emmanuel Carrère directs. Patrick Blossier behind the camera. Mathieu Lamboley scores. Albertine Lastera cuts. Produced in France. Dialogue in French, German.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 4 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, German.
3Directed by Emmanuel Carrère, shot by Patrick Blossier. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Mathieu Lamboley. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Albertine Lastera shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Juliette Binoche and Hélène Lambert and Louise Pociecka carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt10088984 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Patrick Blossier
Original score: Mathieu Lamboley
Editing: Albertine Lastera
Production design: Julia Lemaire
Costume design: Isabelle Pannetier
Makeup / hair: Albane Cousinard
Runtime: 107 min · 1h 47m
Status: Released
Box office: $3
Original language: FR
IMDB: Between Two Worlds (2022)

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CinemaSerf2022-06-02
★ 7/10
Juliette Binoche is "Marianne", a woman looking for work after her marriage has failed and she is left pretty much broke. The employment agency recommends she becomes something along the lines of a "domestic apparatus operator" (i.e. a minimum wage cleaner). Talk about back-breaking work? Anyway, gradually she finds her feet and falls in with other, similarly situated, folks - notably the affable "Cèdric" (Didier Pupin) with whom she bonds a little (platonically), and "Chrystèle" (a strong performance from Hélène Lambert). It is the latter who manages to get "Marianne" a job cleaning the ferry between Portsmouth and Ouistreham where they work servicing the guest cabins - 4 minutes per cabin! Now I have used this ferry once or twice, so at this point the reality of the film - and of the really tough jobs done by these labourers (for that is certainly what they are) starts to kick in. They have a camaraderie and an esprit de corps that defiantly stands up to the pretty difficult working environment in which they must function. Lambert, especially, but Lèa Carne's "Marilou" and Evelyn Porèe's team-leading "Nadège" all contribute well to the general sense of just how hard these folks toil, and on what tiny incomes they are expected to get by. The twist? Well, midway through, we learn that "Marianne" has quite a different agenda to that introduced at the top of the film, and what conflict there is comes from that realisation by her friends who must come to terms with her true identity. Some applaud whilst other this see as a betrayal. Binoche is convincing here; and the film offers us a pretty scathing attack on not just the employers who pay next to nothing, but on the travellers and general public who seem incapable of flushing a toilet or tidying up after themselves. It does plod a bit; and the ending is both rushed and a little disappointing - but as a critique on an employment sub-culture which many of us just sleep through, it is well worth a watch.

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