People will call this boring, I will call this neo-Varda
An urban train link, the RER B, crosses Paris and its outskirts from north to south. A journey within indistinct spaces known as inner cities and suburbs. Several portraits, all individual pieces that form a whole. We.
We is showing in 1 cinema in New York City - next screening Sunday 25 October at 14:30 at Metrograph.
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People will call this boring, I will call this neo-Varda
very static, cumbersome and ponderous. felt like a couple of concepts for shorts mashed into a blender for an unwarranted 2hrs colossus. nothing we've not seen yet done in a more thoughtful way before, especially concerning the filmic aspects of this dragger.
The initiative to see race in a country that discourages it is what makes Nous such a rare gem among French documentaries. No other documentary has dissected the French makeup to such an extent, and no other filmmaker fits the role as perfectly as Alice Diop—not even Ladj Ly.Starting from an ultra-white space resembling a snapshot of Jean Renoir's The Rules of the Game, Nous gradually switches between two worlds that are only physically connected by trains. Both class and race define this divide, but Diop indicates hope by slowly merging two perspectives into one, locating the spiritual similarities between two peoples—between "We" (Nous) and "They" (Ils), until it's all Nous.At its core, Nous highlights the importance of "traces" and representation, which has been Diop's proposition: to leave a Black heritage, both personally and grandly. As the offspring of working-class African immigrants, Diop has seen her forefathers live and die, contributing to a new motherland without leaving a trace; that is where cinema, as always, comes to the rescue. Through everyday vignettes inspired by James Joyce's Dubliners, Diop paints a soulful picture of the hidden, mostly Black side of France. Along with Ly, another so-called "banlieue director"—a term coined with racial undertones that she personally renounced—they represent the new hope for French cinema. Highly recommended.
It is an observational documentary that follows various individuals living along the RER B commuter rail line running through Paris and its outskirts.
We was directed by Alice Diop in 2022, an acclaimed French filmmaker known for her documentary work and narrative features.
Yes, it won the award for best documentary in the Encounters section at the Berlinale film festival.
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