Overloaded emergencies, bed closures and understaffing = victimized patients. This has been the sad reality of hospitals for several years. To understand this unprecedented crisis is a film that is at once combative, funny and fascinating.
Coming to cinemas in 2021, Catherine Corsini’s La Fracture (to whom we owe La Belle Saison, Un Amour Impossible and Le Retour in particular) is a dive into the crisis in France’s public hospitals.
Rafi (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) and Julie (Marina Fois), two women on the verge of separation, find themselves in the emergency room near asphyxiation on the evening of a stormy Yellow Vest rally. Their encounter with Ian (Pio Marmai), a wounded and angry protester, shatters everyone’s beliefs and prejudices.
Tensions are rising outside. The hospital, under pressure, had to close its doors and found itself overstretched again. An irresistible trio of actors and a script that unfortunately resonates with current events.
“Reflection of society’s contrasts and fractures”
After spending the night of December 1, 2018, after collapsing in the Lariboisière emergency room, the director Catherine Corsini He had the idea that the hospital would be the key to his film.
objective? Report through several women from wealthy backgrounds “Contrasts and Fractures in Society”. and as close to reality as possible Catherine Corsini It was inspired by the documentary, Middle Class Living on the Edge by writer and filmmaker Frédéric Brunckel, as well as the French culture podcast, Les Pieds sur terre.
Interesting and fun, realistic and engaging, but also political and moving, Fracture There is a feature film that will not leave you indifferent. For many viewers, it is a tool to better understand the main issues of the day, as we read in the many comments posted on AlloCiné:
“What a slob! Fracture Summarizes with alarming accuracy all the recent crises we have experienced in France” (Simon R)
“An essential film about a hospital, about our divided society” (Jean L.)
“This film achieves the perfect alchemy between relevant social X-ray, funny comedy and suspenseful thriller-style story!” (Elizabeth P.)
“A film of rare intensity and precision” (Eva P.)
“This highly political film, which addresses the current concerns of the French, is a real success” (Vidalger)
It was nominated five times at César and once at the Cannes Film Festival for Social Comedy Fracture It was also very well received by the press and AlloCiné Internet users. They gave it a good rating of 3.6 out of 5. And you, what do you think?
Tonight on Arte at 21:00.
Source: Allocine
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