Delphine Deloget Rien a Perdre All to Play For

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2023 Cannes Clip: Efira Tries to Keep Family Together in Delphine Deloget’s All To Play For (Rien à perdre)

Published on May 8, 2023

Shoring up in Cannes with two features, Virginie Efira is cast as a mother going the twelve rounds in Delphine Deloget‘s feature debut All To Play For (Rien à perdre). A mother fighting to get her son back. Sylvie lives with her two children, Sofiane and Jean-Jacques. One night, Sofiane is injured while alone in the flat which placed her in a foster home. Helped by a lawyer Sylvie is determined to win the administrative and legal battle. In this clip, Sylvie, her eldest son and brother (Arieh Worthalter) attempt to comprehend the “process” – from letter writing and beyond. This was selected in the Un Certain Regard section.

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).