The Other Side (2015 film)

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The Other Side
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Film poster
Directed byRoberto Minervini
Written by
  • Roberto Minervini
  • Denise Ping Lee
Produced by
  • Muriel Meynard
  • Paolo Benzi
  • Dario Zonta
CinematographyDiego Romero Suarez-Llanos
Edited by Marie-Hélène Dozo
Production
companies
  • Agat Films & Cie
  • Okta Film
Distributed by
  • Shellac (France)
  • Lucky Red (Italy)
Release date
  • 21 May 2015 (2015-05-21)(Cannes)
Running time
92 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageEnglish

The Other Side is a 2015 French-Italian documentary film directed by Roberto Minervini. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. [1] [2]

Contents

Premise

Roberto Minervini goes to Louisiana, where he documents drug addicts and anti-government militias.

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 82% based on 22 reviews, and an average rating of 7.5/10. [3] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 65 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [4]

Peter Debruge of Variety called it "a soul-draining, feature-length look at the bastard stepchildren of the American Dream". [5] Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter called it "a poetic but hermetic journey into a debauched and dangerous Deep South". [6]

References

  1. "2015 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  2. "Screenings Guide". Festival de Cannes. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  3. "The Other Side (Louisiana) (2016)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  4. "The Other Side Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  5. Debruge, Peter (24 May 2015). "Cannes Film Review: 'The Other Side'". Variety . Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  6. Mintzer, Jordan (21 May 2015). "'The Other Side': Cannes Review". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 25 May 2015.