| Barrage | |
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| Directed by | Laura Schroeder |
| Written by | Laura Schroeder Marie Nimier |
| Starring | Isabelle Huppert Lolita Chammah |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | Luxembourg |
| Language | French |
Barrage is a 2017 Luxembourgish drama film directed by Laura Schroeder and starring Isabelle Huppert and her real-life daughter Lolita Chammah. [1] [2] It was selected as the Luxembourgish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. [3]
Over the course of a turbulent weekend, three generations of women reunite and move apart.
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 50% based on 10 reviews, and an average rating of 5.1/10. [4] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 54 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [5]
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Lolita Chammah is a French actress.
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