Réalisation:
Guillaume BracPhotographie:
Alan GuichaouaActeurs·trices:
Salif Cissé, Asma Messaoudene, Benjamin Natchouang, Édouard Sulpice, Martin Mesnier, Nicolas PietriVOD (1)
Résumés(1)
Un soir d’été au bord de la Seine, à Paris, Félix danse avec Alma, puis tous deux passent la nuit ensemble dans un parc. Au matin, il est tombé amoureux, tandis qu’elle prend le train pour des vacances en famille à Die, dans la Drôme. Encouragé par la vieille dame dont il s’occupe comme aide à domicile, Félix décide de la rejoindre par surprise. Muni de matériel de camping emprunté au centre de loisirs de leur enfance, il embarque dans l’aventure son meilleur copain Chérif, ainsi qu’un fils à maman coincé, Édouard, qui les achemine en covoiturage. Mais alors qu’un incident à l’arrivée contraint ce dernier à s’attarder avec eux au camping, Alma accueille plutôt fraîchement la surprise... (Arte)
(plus)Critiques (3)
Of all the festival films I saw, I had the most hope for All Hands on Deck, but at the moment, I can't hide my feelings of awkwardness. In the end result, the movie is a light, summer relaxed romantic, easily forgettable... nothing. For a comedy, it's inadequately focused, but that definitely doesn't mean that there are no situations that will evoke a light smile on your face. However, I constantly had the feeling that I was seeing wasted potential in the story, the characters, and the individual scenes. This simply is not a film that will be remembered for long or that is powerful and impactful. If you are in tune with the film, you will be rewarded, but otherwise, it will quickly start to bore you. I would appreciate All Hands on Deck more as the debut of a fresh film school graduate, but the way that it is, I have no reason to give an overall impression higher than 50%.
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Along with comedy All Hands on Deck should also be labeled as a dram, as it mixes elements of both genres and takes a bit of each. Despite the number of funny scenes, the film is not outright comical; rather, while watching it, I felt a humorous edge that came from the situations the main characters were put in. Alongside this, the film also deals with more serious themes. Each of the three men the film follows have their own personal issues (maternal addiction, good-natured shyness and elemental spontaneity) and it is this journey together that allows them to confront and face these issues. Despite these more serious moments, the film radiated an incredibly positive vibe, which quite possibly makes it the most light-hearted film in the program of Tady Vary.
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It's not a comedy. Just a sensitive defense of the mundane, true to its subject matter in its guerrilla approach, with non-actors or debutantes filmed among real people on vacation who occasionally peer curiously into the camera. The film's strongest asset is definitely its familiar portrayal of the micro-life of family car camping in season, with all its traumatic details, including the ubiquitous Dutch. Every sound of a tent zipper unzipping makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
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