44/35
They find themselves trapped in a terrifying relationship and long for freedom
Tale
Three women in an apartment in Marseille are trapped by a heatwave. The temperature rises in the south of France, the air boils in Marseille, people are told to stay home and enjoy each other’s company.
on the balcony that night and they never stop
However, Denise has had enough of her abusive husband, who is always hungry, so she stabs him with a shovel and then suffocates him to death on the balcony. The story begins like this, but the protagonist is not Denise: the plot revolves around three younger women, Nicole, Ruby and Elise, who decide to have a little get-together with Nicole’s.
This film is Noémie Merlant’s directorial debut, and she does it with a bang
She is not afraid to combine all the existing film genres into one: horror, romance, thriller, drama, comedy, etc. But he doesn’t seem to care about the genre, he cares about making his message very clear.
A surprising debut, gritty, graphic and very self-confident
She says no, she screams, she screams, she screams: many women are raped, insulted, humiliated, oppressed and victimized by men, most of whom are their boyfriends, husbands or neighbors. Noémie does not want them to survive, nor does she want her grotesque characters to find their liberation, and they do not care at what cost.
