Netflix subscribers have the ability to mine gems from the platform’s vast catalog! This is evidenced by their interest in La Cité rose (2013), a comedy-drama set in Seine-Saint-Denis, which is currently in the top 10 most watched movies!
The top also includes this little-known true story that will leave you in awe!
The story is the story of 12-year-old “Mitraillet”, who lives in the pink city, in the Seine-Saint-Denis district. We follow a young boy’s complicated love for the ocean, but also his cousin’s attraction to the “business” of the local chief and his older brother, who wants to become a lawyer.
La Cité rose is Julien Abraham’s first film since My Brother and Made in China (both released in 2019) and several episodes of Red Bracelets Season 3. Originally, La Cité rose was conceived as a future television pilot. series, but the project never materialized and the actors agreed to return four years later for a version, ultimately as a feature film.
If you’re more into thrillers, this gripping film is also a hit on the platform!
The story is inspired by the Brazilian series The City of Men, which aired between 2002 and 2005, about two best friends who live in a dangerous drug-ridden favela in Rio de Janeiro.
If the title and theme of La Cité rose also recall the film La Cité de Dieu (2003), it is because the allusion suggests, as the director explained in his postscript:
“Before filming, we worked in a theater workshop for three months. (…) I was directly inspired by the working method used for “City of God”. As a result, a great bond was established between us and when I said ‘action’, the young actors did not have the feeling of being in front of the camera, but with a group of friends with whom they had fun.
The laid-back atmosphere of the filming, which is felt on screen by the relaxation of these young actors, and perhaps explains the current success of La Cité rose on Netflix.
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