A Violent Life (2017)

Stephane moves to Paris to flee his past. The death of a former comrade brings back memories of his transformation from a middle class youth with conventional aspirations to a radicalized ... See full summary »

Director:

Thierry de Peretti

Writers:

Guillaume Bréaud (screenplay), Thierry de Peretti (screenplay)

Stars:

Jean Michelangeli, Henri-Noël Tabary, Cédric Appietto

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jean Michelangeli	...	Stéphane
Henri-Noël Tabary	...	Christophe
Cédric Appietto	...	Michel
Marie-Pierre Nouveau	...	Jeanne
Délia Sepulcre-Nativi	...	Raphaëlle
Dominique Colombani	...	François
Paul Garatte	...	Marc-Antoine
Jean-Étienne Brat	...	Micka
Anaïs Lechiara	...	Vanessa
Paul Rognoni	...	Maître Patrice Giudicelli
Gérard Mazzoni	...	Gérard
Cédric Allessandri	...	Cédric
Théo Frimigacci	...	Théo
Stéphane Leca	...	Stéphane
Petru Bracci	...	Petru

Storyline

Stephane moves to Paris to flee his past. The death of a former comrade brings back memories of his transformation from a middle class youth with conventional aspirations to a radicalized activist with dangerous ties. Stephane returns to Corsica for his friend's funeral, knowing that this trip could cost him his life.

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Plot Keywords:

young man | violence | bulletproof vest | fireworks | kiss | 

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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User Reviews

First review

This movie made me write my first review and for all the wrong reasons. The story telling is lacking weight, I did not feel emotionally engaged with the main character for several reasons: the dialogs were just people fighting and and spewing political mambo jambo, the one dimensional characters only emotion was anger, there were too many secondary characters which were just interchangeable and there was no attempt of creating a connection with the main character to care for any of them. I did not care for the story of Stephan because the director did not make me care for this character, I was just hoping that he would get killed so the movie would be over. The timeline was also confusing as there were no establishing shots to know where we were, suddenly we are in prison and the next shot we are in a bar without knowing why. I think this was a very interesting story that just missed all the marks in storytelling.

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

9 August 2017 (France)

Also Known As:

A Violent Life

Filming Locations:

Bastia, Haute-Corse, France

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$652,303

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Films Velvet, Arte France Cinéma, Stanley White

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1