Les Misérables (2019)

A good movie

“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it did win the César of the Best movie of the year, I was quite eager to check it out. Eventually, it turned out to be some kind of French version of ‘Training Day’, except that everything that happened during this first work day didn’t seem to be so far-fetched after all (ok, except maybe for this lion cub lost in a French ghetto…). Eventually, it was probably one of the greatest assets in this movie, this realistic approach and the fact that the makers always remained neutral. Indeed, depending on where you stand, you might think Chris is awful but, most of the time, he did seem to be a decent cop delivering a solid job (he still did some sketchy stuff though). What stroke me was the fact that, even th” read more

César Winners - Best French movie of the year (50 movies items)

"directed by Ladj Ly"

Gli amici del fantacinema - 2020 (72 movies items)

"29 (4)"

Watched in 2020 (97 movies items)

"22.11. Lyn debyytti on vahva, hengästyttävän fyysinen elokuva. Itse olin sen verran etuoikeutettu, että pääsin elokuvaa vielä elokuvateattereihin katsomaan, ja juuri fyysisyytensä vuoksi elokuva onkin parhaimmillaan isolta kankaalta. Ajankuva ja luokkakuvaus räjähdysherkässä miljöössä."