Miyazaki, kidnapping or mathematics? The best movie of the week is that!

3 best films according to the press:

1: The boy and the heron – 4.2/5

“Like Alice in Wonderland, Mahito glides from a dreamlike space through fantastical corridors with an unsettling thrill to say the least. In this way, we can be giddy as we see the film take off bigger and bigger, farther and farther. Fast, ever-changing, thank you. A powerful narrative engine created by a master at the pinnacle of his art.” By Jackie Goldberg (Les Inrockuptibles)

“We find the whole world of the Japanese master in this lush, unrestrained and delicate fresco.” By Cecil Muir (Télérama)

2nd: take – 4.1/5

Marco Bellocchio signs a new cinematic monument with this tragedy, inspired by a stunning true story and orchestrated as a dazzling opera that amazes with a staging of rarely equal scale and intensity, with its exciting and edifying story, with its brilliant reconstruction. By Stéphane Belpesch (Le Journal du Dimanche)

“That this excellent film, ending with an incredible sequence in which Edgardo gives nothing away, was ignored by the jury at the recent Cannes Film Festival is surprising. Too classic? Too formal? It doesn’t last a moment.” By Sophie Grassin (L’Obs)

3rd: Portraits of ghosts – 3.7/5

“Kleber Mendonca Philo signs a feature film with a seemingly simple style, but an exciting richness that illuminates the blue autumn with its gentle but necessary resistance, through the transmission of images and sounds.” By Olivier Pelisson (Sidebar)

“Kleber Mendonca Filo signs ‘Phantom Portraits’ a melancholic film around creation. Small wonder.” Author: Corentin Dettephanis Dupin (The Defector)

3 best movies according to viewers:

1st draw: Rapture – 4/5

“Passion shines both in its lyricism, which borders on the superfluous, and in its deeply intimate character, the contradictions of the soul carried by fate.” Traverse 1

“The exceptional performances of the actors bring the characters to life with palpable emotional intensity. The film’s careful aesthetic is inspired by the great masters of Italian and French pre-impressionist painting, such as Eugène Delacroix.” By Nila Driss

1 draw: Marguerite’s theorem – 4/5

“When math meets cinema… an intelligent, moving and funny film. A real find!” By Lea Lagesse

“A very beautiful, moving film, with beautiful staging, insane image quality and a touch of feminism without being too much. The shots with mathematical formulas on the walls are incredibly aesthetic.” by Pedrolito

3rd: The Boy and the Heron – 3.9/5

“A very beautiful journey with crazy aesthetics.” by SARL92

“Animation master Hayao Miyazaki returns with this new masterpiece, both magnificent and very personal! The wait has been long, but it was worth it… We allowed ourselves to be transported into this sublime world, full of magic and strangeness. A new unique adventure and full of surprises!” by MokA

* Based on AlloCiné Barometer notes, as of Friday, November 3, 2023, for films released in theaters on November 1 with at least 10 top press reviews and 50 top audience ratings. These two tops do not include films that have already been released in France one or more times.