Controversy is already building for “This Is Our Land,” Lucas Belvaux’s fictionalized story of a well-intentioned working-class single-mom in northern France who’s won over to the far right by a charismatic blonde leader and her henchmen. It just so happens that the blonde leader looks and acts an awful lot like Marine Le Pen, a politician not exactly known for her thick skin. Heated debate will only increase following the pic’s late February French opening. The film is a shoo-in for Stateside distribution, since Belvaux’s theme is the cinematic equivalent of all those articles trying to understand the disgruntled white voters who supported Trump. While too baldly calculated and on-message to rank with Belvaux’s best, “Our Land” will see perhaps the strongest returns of his career given the topicality.
Pauline (Émilie Dequenne) is the poster girl (literally in this case) for the hard-working, “average” resident...
Pauline (Émilie Dequenne) is the poster girl (literally in this case) for the hard-working, “average” resident...
- 2/3/2017
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety - Film News
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