“November”, a new film by Cédric Jimenez (“Bac Nord”), is presented out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival. On this occasion, a brief overview of what the French press thinks…
A year after Bac Nord, an uncompromising dive into the northern districts of Marseille, Cédric Jimenez returns with Novembre, also presented out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival. With this new feature film, the filmmaker remains in the criminal field and focuses on the investigation that followed the attacks of November 13. Carried by a most enticing cast (Jean Dujardin, Anaïs Demoustier, Sandrine Kiberlain, Jérémie Renier, etc.), this film will be released on October 5 in French cinemas.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT ?
A dive into the heart of Anti-Terrorism during the 5 days of investigation that followed the attacks of November 13.
November realized by Cedric Jimenezwith Jean Dujardin, Anais Demoustier, Sandrine Kiberlain…
WHAT DOES THE PRESS THINK?
According to The Point:
“It’s unstoppably Anglo-Saxon efficiency: here we are, Cédric Jimenez takes us by the collar and sticks us to our seat with an immersive, square, unadorned staging device.” (Philip Guedj) 4/5
According to Paris Match:
“An otherwise respectable testimonial cinema in addition to being necessary, no offense to the grumbling of a certain critic who will not fail to come across the film with short arms…” (Fabrice Leclerc) 3/5
According to Liberation:
(…) a noisy cavalcade where only specialists will be able to sort out the factual, proven elements and the many shortcuts or inaccuracies of fiction. (Didier Peron) 2/5
According to Le Figaro:
“November and its five days “embedded” may be criticized for this Anglo-Saxon cinematic efficiency to the detriment of the incarnation of the characters. This would be to forget that this film, so tense in its form, so little dispersed in his remarks, is projected in Cannes at the time when the trial of the attacks of November 13 takes place in the presence of the victims. (Francoise Dargent) 3/5
According to Telerama:
“The staging is impressive, but the characters too disembodied.” (Samuel Douhaire) 2/5
According to The Cross:
“If the film is content to restore a reality – that of the investigation – the details of which we already know from the many articles and reports that have been devoted to it, the director has the intelligence not to add to it.” (Céline Rouden) 3/5
According to Les Inrocks:
“Cédric Jimenez reconstructs the hunt for the terrorists of November 13 in a thriller that has been washed clean of the ideological flaws of BAC Nord, but alas sluggish.” (Theo Ribeton) 2/5
According to South West:
“An effective and factual thriller.” (Julien Rousset) 4/5
According to GQ:
“At the end of the hour forty that the film makes, the feeling that remains is bittersweet. On the one hand, we congratulate the modesty with which the director seized on his subject, very far from what he demonstrated on his previous feature film; on the other, that he had nothing else to tell than a battle of institutions against the Islamist enemy, elusive, everywhere and nowhere. (Adam Sanchez) 3/5
According to Le Parisien:
“A nervous, thrilling film with an almost clinical sobriety.” (Catherine Ball) 4/5
November seen by the Croisette