Les Malchanceux (The Unlucky Ones), Eleonore Saintagnan’s last movie, can be shown to the whole familly, a Saturday evening, on the couch. Everybody can enjoy the story of these traditional ninepin players . Les Malchanceux can be carefully watched by a bunch of art specialists. Comments may differ, but the content will remain the same: this epic carries the torpor of the morning, a taste for Nature, very close to us. Suddendly, we’re overwhelmed by humor; or carried away by the music; or caught by the subtle frames and editing.
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Les Malchanceux records collective events that become truly social and political for the very reason that they're far from ostentation and happen well out of sight.
Damien Airault