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Acid (2023 film)

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Acid
FrenchAcide
Directed byJust Philippot
Written by
  • Yacine Badday
  • Just Philippot
Based onAcid
by Just Philippot
Produced by
  • Yves Darondeau
  • Emmanuel Priou
  • Clément Renouvin
  • Ardavan Safaee
Starring
CinematographyPierre Dejon[1]
Edited byPierre Deschamps[1]
Music byRobin Coudert
Production
companies
Distributed byPathé
Release dates
  • 21 May 2023 (2023-05-21) (Cannes)
  • 20 September 2023 (2023-09-20) (France)
Running time
99 minutes[1]
Countries
  • France
  • Belgium
LanguageFrench
Box office$2.5 million[2]

Acid (French: Acide; released in the Philippines as Acid Rain)[3][4] is a 2023 French-language fantasy drama film directed by Just Philippot from a screenplay by Philippot and Yacine Badday. The film is a co-production between France and Belgium.[5] It is an expansion of Philippot's 2018 short film of the same name.[6]

The film premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2023. It was released in France on 20 September 2023.

Synopsis

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During a heat wave, strange clouds start pouring down acid rain, wreaking devastation and panic throughout France. In a world teetering on the edge, a girl and her divorced parents must join forces to confront and try to escape this climate catastrophe.[1]

Cast

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Production

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Development

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Acid is a feature-length expansion of Just Philippot's short film of the same name. which was released in 2018.[6] Philippot developed Acid in parallel with his debut feature The Swarm (La Nuée), both through the company Bonne Pioche Cinéma. He wrote the screenplay with Yacine Badday.[7]

Acid was produced Yves Darondeau, Emmanuel Priou and Clément Renouvin for Bonne Pioche Cinéma and by Ardavan Safaee for Pathé Films.[5][8] It was co-produced by France 3 Cinéma, Guillaume Canet's Caneo Films, Belgium's Umedia, and Logical Content Ventures.[5][9][10]

Filming

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Pont de Lanaye

Principal photography began on 7 March 2022, under the working title Eau-Forte.[11][12][13] Between 24 March and 7 April 2022, filming took place in Pecqueuse, Essonne.[14]

Filming also took place in Belgium.[15] Filming took place in Visé between 11 and 26 April 2022, with the Pont de Lanaye closed to facilitate the production.[16][17] Filming also took place in fort d'Emines, Namur Province,[18] and in Braine-le-Comte, Hainaut Province, including in the Bois de la Houssière on 26 and 27 April 2022.[19] Filming concluded in the middle of the night of 10 May 2022.[20]

Music

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The music for the film was composed by Robin Coudert.[21]

Release

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The film was selected to be screened out of competition in the Midnights Screenings section at the 76th Cannes Film Festival,[22] where it had its world premiere on 21 May 2023.[23]

The film was theatrically released in France on 20 September 2023 by Pathé.[24] In the Philippines, the film was released by Pioneer Films as Acid Rain on 17 January 2024.[3][25]

Reception

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Critical response

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On AlloCiné, the film received an average rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 36 reviews from French critics.[26]

Reviewing the film following its Cannes premiere, Cécile Mury of Télérama praised "a disaster film that haunts with its contemporary realism, in which Guillaume Canet delivers an astonishing performance full of tension".[27] Philippe Guedj of Le Point praised the director who "happily napalms the clichés of the Emmerich genre and maintains until the very end the mark of a film oozing anger".[6] Première included Acid on its "Top 10" list of all films screened at Cannes in May 2023,[28] and later, following its theatrical release, praised the feature: "A grand introspective spectacle that is constantly embodied in movement".[29] L'Écran fantastique devoted its September cover to the film: "Keeping us constantly on our toes, Acid is a real success which, for once, honours our national cinema".[30] Also, the editors of Mad Movies hailed a "gruelling race against time that skilfully combines its socio-climatic themes with its approach to horror", as well as a "mixture of social fantasy that is a clear improvement on The Swarm".[31] In a review by Yal Sadat, Cahiers du cinéma praised the film's inventiveness as a cross between horror and family drama, "inventing a pessimistic, coldly rational (French, in short) counterpoint to the "green" blockbusters bent on the promise of a happy ending".[32]

Among foreign critics, Tim Grierson of Screen International recognized the film's mélange of genres: "Philippot combines aspects of the disaster film and the domestic drama, approaching each genre with understatement to deliver a modest study of personal and societal upheaval – and refusing to offer tidy resolutions on either front."[8] Martyn Conterio of The London Economic lamented the film's unsatisfying conclusion and a lack of budget for grand special effects, but praised the execution of its dread and suspense, as well as the "spiky" personality of Canet's character, which contribute to "excellent interpersonal drama and scenes of high tension".[33]

Accolades

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Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
César Awards 23 February 2024 Best Visual Effects Thomas Duval Nominated [34]
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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "ACIDE". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Acid (2023)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b "New Movies This Week: 'Acid Rain,' 'Anyone But You,' 'Migration,' and more!". ClickTheCity. Surf Shop, Inc. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  4. ^ Krishnan, Ganiel (28 November 2023). "Emmanuelle Beart attends French film fest in Manila". ABS-CBN News. ABS-CBN Corporation. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  5. ^ a b c Lemercier, Fabien (15 March 2022). "Guillaume Canet starring in Acide by Just Philippot". Cineuropa. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  6. ^ a b c Guedj, Philippe (23 May 2023). "Acide de Just Philippot : déchantons sous la pluie". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  7. ^ Schenck, Laurent (23 September 2023). "Acide : quelle préparation de "dingue" s'est imposée Guillaume Canet ?". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  8. ^ a b Grierson, Tim (23 May 2023). "'Acid': Cannes Review". Screen International. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Pathé programme "Acide"". Ecran Total. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  10. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (25 January 2023). "Pathe, Logical Pictures Sign Three-Year Co-Production, Co-Financing Deal to Enlist Private Investors (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Premier jour de tournage du long-métrage EAU FORTE du réalisateur Just PHILIPPOT, coscénarisé par Just et Yacine Badday !". quellebellehistoire.com. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  12. ^ Anglade, Cannelle (16 March 2022). "On en sait plus sur le deuxième long métrage de Just Philippot". troiscouleurs.fr (in French). Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  13. ^ Canet, Guillaume. "Début de tournage ! Eau Forte de Just Philippot. Un réalisateur très doué, un scénario et un rôle Magnifiques ! Merci Just !". Instagram. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  14. ^ Fritsch, Mélina (6 April 2022). "Pecqueuse fait ses premiers pas dans le septième art". le-republicain.fr (in French). Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  15. ^ "Eau-Forte tourne en Belgique". umedia.eu (in French). Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  16. ^ Drion, Aurélie (6 April 2022). "Le pont de Lanaye sera bientôt fermé durant deux semaines pour le tournage d'un film avec Guillaume Canet". sudinfo.be. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  17. ^ Gérardy, Marc (26 April 2022). "Bilan positif du tournage du film Eau Forte sur le pont de Lanaye". sudinfo.be (in French). Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  18. ^ Wallimage (21 May 2023). "Wallimage - << PREMIERE RECOMPENSE CANNOISE >>" (in French). Facebook. Retrieved 3 October 2023. Une coproduction Umedia, soutenue par Wallimage Coproductions et tournée en #wallonie, notamment au Fort d'Emines, avec le soutien de Wallimage tournages, et bien entendu, très respectueuse de l'environnement.
  19. ^ "Guillaume Canet présent dans le Hainaut pour le tournage d'Eau forte". sudinfo.be (in French). 30 April 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2023..
  20. ^ CinéVerse (10 May 2022). "🔴 #EauForte, le prochain film de Just Philippot (#LaNuée) vient de terminer son tournage !". Twitter. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  21. ^ Mellah, Sonya (17 May 2023). "Carte Blanche à Rob". radiofrance.fr (in French). Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  22. ^ "The films of the Official Selection 2023". Festival de Cannes. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  23. ^ mraultpauillac (10 May 2023). "The Screenings Guide of the 76th Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  24. ^ "Du changement dans les line-ups des distributeurs". Boxoffice Pro (in French). 14 December 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  25. ^ Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (17 January 2024). "𝗔𝗖𝗜𝗗 𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡 - 𝗣𝗚". Facebook. Meta Platforms, Inc. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  26. ^ "Critiques Presse pour le film Acide". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  27. ^ Mury, Cécile (21 May 2023). "Cannes : "Acide", le saisissant cauchemar climatique de Just Philippot". Télérama. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  28. ^ "Cannes 2023 : le top des 10 films qui nous ont marqués, toutes sections confondues". Première. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  29. ^ Léger, François (September 2023). "Acide". Première (in French). p. 83.
  30. ^ Sandra, Maryline (September 2023). "Acide, Apocalypse Now". L'Ecran Fantastique Reboot (in French). p. 18.
  31. ^ Cau, François; Duroche, Laurent; Esposito, Gilles (September 2023). "Tableau critique". Mad Movies (in French). No. 374. p. 14.
  32. ^ Sadat, Yal (September 2023). "Acide". Les Cahiers du cinéma. p. 52.
  33. ^ Conterio, Martyn (22 May 2023). "Cannes 2023 Film Review: Acide". The London Economic. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  34. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (24 January 2024). "Cesar Awards Nominations: Thomas Cailley's 'The Animal Kingdom,' Justine Triet's Oscar-Nominated 'Anatomy of a Fall' Lead the Way". Variety. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  35. ^ Roxborough, Scott; Szalai, Georg (24 January 2024). "Cesar Nominations: 'Anatomy of a Fall,' 'The Animal Kingdom' Lead the Pack for French Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
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