Bloody Oranges
Gleefully shows the unspeakable, this is a bracing provocation of a film.
Bloody Oranges
A satirical look at French society, the film starts out innocently enough: an elderly couple enters a dance competition to earn extra money for bills, not wanting to be a burden to their children. It goes quickly off the rails from there as we are introduced to the rest of the characters: a corrupt politician, an insecure lawyer obsessed with social status, and a teenager eager to lose her virginity. Playing like a Christopher Guest movie hijacked by Ari Aster, BLOODY ORANGES is full of acerbic, pitch-black humor and eye-watering scenes of violence.
Genre
French Cinema,
Comedy,
Crime,
Drama
Runtime
102
Language
French
Director
Jean-Christophe Meurisse
Writer(s)
Yohann Gloaguen,
Jean-Christophe Meurisse,
Amélie Philippe
Cast
Alexandre Steiger,
Christophe Paou,
Lilith Grasmug,
Olivier Saladin
FEATURED REVIEW
Brandon Judell, Medium
Jean-Christophe Meurisse’s 'Bloody Oranges' (2021) is probably the closest we’ll get this year to a first-rate, off-the-wall French satire on the governing and the governed, one reminiscent of Luis Buñuel’s 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie' (1972). Brazen hypocrisy is seemingly king here among ...
Played at
Royal 3.25.22 - 3.31.22
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