2021 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 4 – Catherine Corsini’s La Fracture

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Her second entry into the comp section (exactly two decades ago with La Repetition) and three film in all with Three Worlds having premiered in the Un Certain Regard section, veteran helmer Catherine Corsini‘s La Fracture which goes by the title of The Divide a term here that explains people with polar opposite views, fencing people in and out of a hospital and an actual break-up (hey you don’t choose when life gives you lemons). Starring freshly broken up pairing of Valéria Bruni Tedeschi and Marina Foïs they become the life of the party in an emergency room setting where the character played by the equally obnoxious Pio Marmaï.

Almost all of our critics caught the drama (with comedy bits) and its currently standing with an average of 3.

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Catherine Corsini La Fracture

Eric Lavallée
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society), FIPRESCI and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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