- 2023
- Cohen Media Group
- 1 h 47 m
SummaryFamed author Marianne Winckler (Juliette Binoche) goes undercover to investigate the exploitation of the working class in Northern France. She eventually lands a job as a cleaner on the cross-channel ferry and develops close connections with the other cleaning women, many of whom have extremely limited resources and income opportunities. As she ...
Directed By:Emmanuel Carrère
Written By:Florence Aubenas, Emmanuel Carrère, Hélène Devynck
Between Two Worlds
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Aug 14, 2023
83
Binoche gives a predictably excellent performance, embodying Marianne with just the right amount of elite obliviousness without ever turning her into a caricature. It’s touching to see her become more empathetic as the story progresses, even if eventually snapping back to her old ways was the only possible outcome.
Aug 17, 2023
80
Carrère, wisely I think, doesn’t turn the film into a reformist anthem. Shooting in a semidocumentary style, he allows us to absorb, along with Marianne, the relentless accretion of injustices. He also gives us some of the most believable portraits of female friendship I’ve ever seen in a movie.
Aug 7, 2023
75
Even when the film becomes something like a spy thriller, it never loses sight of its political themes.
Aug 15, 2023
63
Between Two Worlds is freshest when it emphasizes its documentary-like qualities, such as the brief inserts of everyday scenes and locales shot by Philippe Lagnier without any guidance from the director. Less effective are traditional movie elements like Mathieu Lamboley’s score, which flirts too openly with Philip Glass’s style.
Aug 14, 2023
50
Carrère — known primarily in Europe as a writer of nonfiction books with a literary twist — applies a mood of cool journalistic sobriety to Marianne’s scandalous discoveries. . . Less compelling is the sentimental crisis that plays out because of Marianne’s deception.
May 27, 2022
40
Marianne may learn to “pass” for a cleaner – kind of – but she can never experience the precariousness faced by her subjects. Her idea that these people are entirely invisible is bogus from the get-go. The script wrestles with these problems but it simply cannot overcome them.
Jul 16, 2021
40
Neither of the two worlds of the film’s English title is illuminated clearly enough
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Aug 7, 2025
5
Juliette Binoche é diferenciada, e consegue segurar as pontas de um roteiro que a coloca num lugar constrangedor, seja literalmente, ou mesmo para desandar sua atuação, com dramas familiares sofríveis. É um filme que vale pelo plot, os minutos finais conseguem prender, mas até lá é muito morno e a direção não ajuda. Acaba sendo bem mediano, e até mesmo as discussões de classe e de status a que se propõe, soam vazias.
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Production Company:
- Cinefrance Studios
- Curiosa Films
- France 3 Cinéma
- Studio Exception
- France Télévisions
- Orange Cinéma Séries (OCS)
- Canal+
- La Banque Postale Image 13
- Sofica Manon 10
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
- Région Normandie
Release Date:Aug 11, 2023
Duration:1 h 47 m
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Awards
San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Lumiere Awards, France
• 2 Nominations
Lisbon Film Festival (LEFFEST)
• 1 Nomination
