The Divide (2021)

Original title

La Fracture

Directed by

Catherine Corsini

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

12

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 174 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During a night in a crowded Paris hospital, an injured woman and her wife are stuck among protesters injured in clashes with police. The film follows their tense interactions with a rioter also treated at the hospital.

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What happens

The Divide (French: La Fracture) is a 2021 French comedy-drama film directed by Catherine Corsini, co-written by Corsini, Agnès Feuvre and Laurette Polmanss. It follows a night in a Parisian hospital, where injured Raf (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) and her wife Julie (Marina Foïs), find themselves in the middle of a overcrowded night with many yellow vest rioters injured by the police, such as Yann (Pio Marmaï). The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, on 9 July 2021, where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or and won the Queer Palm. It was theatrically released in France on 27 October 2021 by Le Pacte. At the 47th César Awards it received 6 nominations, including Best Film, Best Actress (Tedeschi) and Best Actor (Marmaï), and won Best Supporting Actress for Aïssatou Diallo Sagna. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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