A modern tragedy by Romain Gavras athena It recently had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival and received a 4 and a half minute standing ovation.
The French film saw people clap and clap from the closing credits until the crowd gave it a standing ovation.
The kinetic story begins after the death of a child under inexplicable circumstances that plunges his three brothers and the entire Athenaeum housing project on the outskirts of Paris into chaos.
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In the star-studded action, Dali Bensalah plays Abdel, a French army soldier who is called to the front line after his younger brother was killed in a suspected police confrontation and found his family in ruins. Between the desire for revenge of his younger brother Karim (Sami Slimani) and the criminal activities of his older brother Moktar (Owassini Embareki), he tries to defuse the growing tension. As the situation escalates, their community, Athena, becomes a castle under siege, setting the stage for tragedy in the family and beyond.
In his review, Deadline’s Todd McCarthy wrote this athena “it takes you by the throat and barely lets you breathe” and that its “long continuous opening shot sweeps from one building to an entire neighborhood in a stunning visual display … that of Spielberg History of the west side It’s like child’s play compared to the way it’s shot on the street. “
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Gavras recently told Deadline that the film was “envisioned as a Greek tragedy, and ultimately that tragedy is a kind of inexorable progression into chaos.” The director said the script was born from the “simple idea that there was a spark that could ignite a nation in real time”.
The Netflix film is Gavras’ third feature film and reunites with former collaborator Elias Belkedar and longtime friend Ladj Ly (the Miserables) on writing homework. Ly and Gavras are also producing.
Netflix will launch globally on September 23rd.
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Source: Deadline
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