Garance review – Adèle Exarchopoulos gives it her all in ripe but flimsy portrait of alcohol addiction

Performer is as good as ever but her actor character is thinly conceived in a fundamentally implausible depiction of how to grapple with alcoholism It’s always a pleasure to see that funny, smart performer Adèle Exarchopoulos in Cannes – after all, she made Cannes history by being jointly awarded the Palme d’Or for the 2013 film Blue Is the Warmest Colour, sharing the big prize itself with the director Abdellatif Kechiche and her co-star Léa Seydoux. Exarchopoulos has her moments in this film...

By Peter Bradshaw

‘Another Day’ Review: Adèle Exarchopoulos Gives an Understated and Deeply Lived-In Performance in Jeanne Herry’s Graceful Alcoholism Drama

From Billy Wilder’s “The Lost Weekend” to the Sandra Bullock-starrer “28 Days” and beyond, cinema has a long tradition of substance abuse and recovery stories. There is something inherently cinematic and moving about a struggling person’s by-the-bootstraps journey to healing, with a lifetime’s worth of trials and tribulations. Just two years ago, Nora Fingscheidt’s tough […]

By Tomilaffly

‘Another Day’ Review: Adèle Exarchopoulos Shines as a Woman Under the Influence in an Otherwise Loose-Limbed Portrait of a Functioning Alcoholic

The latest feature by actress turned director Jeanne Herry ('All Your Faces') chronicles a struggling thespian who can’t put down the bottle long enough to sustain a job.

By Jordan Mintzer

Adèle Exarchopoulos Reveals She Found “Immense Loneliness And A Profound Lack Of Love” While Researching Addicts For Cannes Hit ‘Another Day’

Adèle Exarchopoulos caused a sensation at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, when she and Léa Seydoux shared the Palme d’Or with director Abdellatif Kechiche for their performances in Blue Is the Warmest Color. Now she’s done it again, receiving a 12-minute standing ovation — the longest ever recorded — for her role in Jeanne Herry’s Another Day (Garance), […]

By Dmorgan1201

Louder than noise: Noam Bettan let music, not politics, define his performance - editorial

Israelis can take pride in Bettan, who represented the country with professionalism and restraint, blocking out all the outside noise to deliver a stellar performance.