Delete History

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Delete History
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French theatrical release poster
Directed by Benoît Delépine
Gustave Kervern
Screenplay byBenoît Delépine
Gustave Kervern
Produced bySylvie Pialat
Benoît Quainon
Benoît Delépine
Gustave Kervern
Starring Blanche Gardin
Denis Podalydès
Corinne Masiero
CinematographyHugues Poulain
Edited byStéphane Elmadjian
Production
companies
Les Films du Worso
No Money Productions
France 3 Cinéma
Pictanovo
Scope Pictures
Distributed by Ad Vitam Distribution
Release dates
  • 24 February 2020 (2020-02-24)(Berlin)
  • 26 August 2020 (2020-08-26)(France)
Running time
110 minutes
CountriesFrance
Belgium
LanguageFrench
Budget$4.9 million [1]
Box office$4.4 million [2]

Delete History (French : Effacer l'historique) is a 2020 French-Belgian comedy film co-produced, written and directed by Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival. [3] [4] At Berlin, the film won the Silver Bear 70th Berlinale prize. [5] The film is also scheduled to show at the 2020 Angoulême Francophone Film Festival. [6]

Contents

Cast

Post production

Yolande Moreau's scene was cut out from the film. She is a frequent collaborator of the directors. [7]

Reception

In France, the film averages 4/5 on the AlloCiné from 31 press reviews. [8] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, which categorizes reviews only as positive or negative, 80% of five reviews are positive. [9]

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References

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  4. "Berlin Competition Lineup Revealed: Sally Potter, Kelly Reichardt, Eliza Hittman, Abel Ferrara". Variety. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  5. "Berlin Film Festival 2020: There Is No Evil Wins Golden Bear". Variety. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  6. "Effacer l'historique". Film Francophone D'Angouleme. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  7. "" Effacer l'historique ", de Kervern et Delépine : Le numérique, l'ère de rien". 16 August 2020.
  8. "Effacer l'historique". AlloCiné. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
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