review of a film about yellow fever
After the political world in “The Promises”, Thomas Kruithof evokes the yellow vests in a human but didactic film with Virginie Efira.
The synopsis
Karine and Jimmy form a united couple, still very much in love after twenty years of living together and two children. She works in a factory, he, a truck driver, strives to grow his small business. When the Yellow Vest movement arises, Karine is swept away by the strength of the collective, the anger, the hope for change. But as his commitment grows, the couple’s balance falters.
Paris Match review (2/5)
In any collective adventure, there is always an essential part of individuality. And this is what fascinates Thomas Kruithof who, after having explored the backstage of politics at the local level in “The Promises”, this time is interested in those who we too simply wanted to summarize as yellow vests. Who were they really? What were their underlying motivations? A rich subject that the director chooses to explore through a working-class woman, who discovers herself an activist, at the expense of those close to her who struggle to understand her sudden commitment.
Like two opposing visions of the same phenomenon which have lastingly fractured French society. Trying to understand humanity and its contradictions in order to try to explain a massive popular revolt means decoding the kaleidoscope of social frustrations, recounting the vitality of the collective which inevitably disperses when priorities diverge. In his reconstruction, in his view from a distance, Kruithof succeeds in recounting the excitement of the roundabouts, the joyous mess of the AGs, the isolation and downgrading more than the social poverty. On the other hand, he struggles to make sense of his heroine’s fight, her real motivations, and her inner turmoil too.
From there, Virginie Efira composes an endearing but incomplete character, a sort of passionaria to family life, a Sunday activist. Opposite her, Arieh Worthalter is once again fascinating as a prosaic and slightly lost husband. Like this specific film, not one bit moralistic, but which also seeks its own answers…
The Thomas Kruithof
With Virginie Efira, Arieh Worthalter…
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