“Charming and Melancholy”: Rated 3.7 out of 5, this is a must-see movie this week!

Five years after Ghost Tropic premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, Belgian filmmaker Bas Devos returns to Directors’ Fortnight with his latest Berlinale selection. This brooding drama, directed by Stephane Gotta and Leo Gong, was released in French cinemas this week and was very well received by the press: its average rating of 3.7 out of 5 allowed it to climb to the top of the list of the most rated films. in a week.

What is it about?

Stephanie is a construction worker in Brussels. On his way back to Romania, while crossing the forest, he meets a young researcher of Chinese origin who studies mosses and lichens. The attention he pays to the invisible puts a stop to his plans to return dead.

What does the press think?

According to Cahiers du Cinéma:

“Without naivety or pessimism, the film acknowledges beauty only in its possible state and ends in suspense; through this unending aesthetic, concrete, vast and pure emotion emerges.” Olivia Cooper-Hajian – 4/5

According to Critikat.com:

“The intelligence of the film lies in not hierarchizing or confronting the two poles, nature/culture or nature/city, but on the contrary, in their constant intertwining, in the game of organic circulation.” Corentin Le – 4/5

According to Le Monde:

“The film has the intelligence not to characterize this encounter as romantic, but the twisted sensuality of the final scenes is unmistakable.” Mathieu Maccheretti – 4/5

According to Les Fiches du Cinéma:

“Bass Devos creates a fascinating and melancholic film about the search for meaning in the world of humans and plants on the outskirts of the city.” Margarita Guerra – 4/5

According to Les Inrockuptibles:

“The political charge of the film lies in the fact that it presents us with a life together that has nothing of the fantastic and has never seemed so bright and peaceful. It is the opposite of utopia.” By Marilou Dupontchel – 4/5

According to Liberation:

“Here’s a movie that might make you want to drop everything and explore mosses and lichens in the woods.” By Sandra Onana – 4/5

According to L’Obs:

“This very beautiful mix between irregular chronicle and two-hour road movie is both disturbing and exciting. Naïve, perhaps. Poetic indeed. Definitely worth discovering.” Author of Isabel Daneli – 3/5

According to the Prime Minister:

“At once charming and sleepy, muted and sensuous, this is the film of a filmmaker who allows himself to be simple. One might consider it insignificant, and yet his sadness leaves a mark. Almost imperceptible, yes, but very real.” By Lucy Chicker – 3/5