Two years after the investigation into the state scandal, Thierry de Peret returns to a more personal project with the image of his son, which was released this week. Adapted from the novel by Jérôme Ferrari, this romantic and tragic fresco, set in Corsica from the 1980s to the end of the 1990s, was particularly well received by the French press, averaging 4.1/5 (on AlloCiné, for 32 reviews).
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Fragments of the life of Antonia, a young photographer from Corsica-Matini in Ajaccio. His loyalties, his friends, his love intertwine with major events in the island’s political history, from the 1980s to the dawn of the 21st century. This is the mural of a generation.
What does the press think?
According to Closer:
“Beautiful and devastating.” by JB – 5/5
According to Les Inrockuptibles:
“Between the great romantic mural and the theory of the role of photography, it is a chronicle of life as much as an image, a reflection on their capacity for immortality or not, and part of the obscenity of this business.” by Ludovic Beot – 5/5
According to Les Echos:
“One of the highlights of the back-to-school season.” By Olivier de Bruyn – 5/5
According to Le Journal du Dimanche:
“As beautiful as brilliant.” by Baptiste Theon – 4/5
At the cinema: In his image… why should we see this charming romantic fresco in Corsica?
According to Le Monde:
“There’s always something left out of an embattled island political event: a slow build-up that means we only know it after we’ve seen it, which is, let’s say, too late. Here is the melancholy of the film. And his deepest truth is a lie.” By Father – Mt. 4/5
According to Defector:
“A remarkable desperate film between fiction and archive, ‘Image of the Son’ convinced us.” Dupin by Corentin Detefan – 4/5
According to Cahiers du Cinéma:
“If this is indeed a document-supported, landmark event that chronicles the often internal struggles of independence in the late 20th century, the success of the enterprise far exceeds any documentary reconstruction.” by Thierry Meranger – 3/5
According to Le Point:
“Thierry de Peret looks without compromise or illusion at the utopia of a group of young activists who are ready to live and die for their ideas. Observation is dark and full of nostalgia. by the editors – 3/5
Source: Allocine
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