Acid (2023 film)

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Acid
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French Acide
Directed byJust Philippot
Written by
  • Yacine Badday
  • Just Philippot
Based onAcid
by Just Philippot
Produced by
  • Yves Darondeau
  • Emmanuel Priou
  • Clément Renouvin
  • Ardavan Safaee
Starring
CinematographyPierre Dejon [1]
Edited byPierre Deschamps [1]
Music by Robin Coudert
Production
companies
Distributed by Pathé
Release dates
  • 21 May 2023 (2023-05-21)(Cannes)
  • 20 September 2023 (2023-09-20)(France)
Running time
99 minutes [1]
Countries
  • France
  • Belgium
LanguageFrench
Box office$2.5 million [2]

Acid (French : Acide; released in the Philippines as Acid Rain) [3] [4] is a 2023 French-language fantasy drama film directed by Just Philippot from a screenplay by Philippot and Yacine Badday. The film is a co-production between France and Belgium. [5] It is an expansion of Philippot's 2018 short film of the same name. [6]

Contents

The film premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2023. It was released in France on 20 September 2023.

Synopsis

During a heat wave, strange clouds start pouring down acid rain, wreaking devastation and panic throughout France. In a world teetering on the edge, a girl and her divorced parents must join forces to confront and try to escape this climate catastrophe. [1]

Cast

Production

Development

Acid was produced Yves Darondeau, Emmanuel Priou and Clément Renouvin for Bonne Pioche Cinéma and by Ardavan Safaee for Pathé Films. [5] [7] It was co-produced by France 3 Cinéma, Guillaume Canet's Caneo Films, Belgium's Umedia, and Logical Content Ventures. [5] [8] [9]

Filming

Pont de Lanaye Pont de Lanaye.jpg
Pont de Lanaye

Principal photography began on 7 March 2022, under the working title Eau Forte. [10] [11] [12] Between 24 March and 7 April 2022, filming took place in Pecqueuse, Essonne. [13]

Filming also took place in Belgium. [14] Filming took place in Visé between 11 and 26 April 2022, with the Pont de Lanaye closed to facilitate the production. [15] [16] Filming also took place in fort d'Emines, Namur Province, [17] and in Braine-le-Comte, Hainaut Province, including in the Bois de la Houssière on 26 and 27 April 2022. [18] Filming concluded in the middle of the night of 10 May 2022. [19]

Music

The music for the film was composed by Robin Coudert. [20]

Release

The film was selected to be screened out of competition in the Midnights Screenings section at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, [21] where it had its world premiere on 21 May 2023. [22]

The film was theatrically released in France on 20 September 2023 by Pathé. [23] In the Philippines, the film was released by Pioneer Films as Acid Rain on 17 January 2024. [3] [24]

Reception

Critical response

Acid received an average rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars on the French website AlloCiné, based on 36 reviews. [25]

Reviewing the film following its Cannes premiere, Tim Grierson of Screen International recognized the film's mélange of genres: "Philippot combines aspects of the disaster film and the domestic drama, approaching each genre with understatement to deliver a modest study of personal and societal upheaval – and refusing to offer tidy resolutions on either front." [7]

Accolades

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef.
César Awards 23 February 2024 Best Visual Effects Thomas DuvalNominated [26]
[27]

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