Après le Sud
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English Titles
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English Titles
Heat Wave
Year
2011
Director
Jean Jacques Jauffret
Synopsis
In a scorching afternoon in the south of France, four paths intersect: those of Stéphane and Luigi, two cousins barely out of adolescence, of Georges, a retired worker, of Amélie, the girlfriend of Luigi, and Anne, Amélie's mother. Four daily lives strewn with wounds, humiliations, fears and fatigue, which converge on a tragedy.
Honours/Awards
- Quinzaine Des Réalisateurs Festival De Cannes 2011
- Adèle: Sélection France Aux Shooting Stars 2012
Adèle’s role
Amélie, a young woman working at the supermarket over the summer. This is an ensemble cast, with each actor featuring in their character's narrative.
Excerpts from reviews
“Blending a finely tooled network narrative with a portrait of banlieue malaise, Heat Wave (Après le Sud) reps a promising debut for writer-director Jean-Jacques Jauffret that’s carried by the tres jolie up-and-coming actress Adele Haenel (House of Tolerance). … As the forever scowling, yet immensely captivating Amelie, Haenel keeps the performance toned down to a minimum, expressing herself through the slightest glance or purse of her lips.”
“Fortunately, there is therefore the material and especially the actors, which do wonders. In the role of the young girl, Adèle Haenel imposes her surly presence and her grave eyebrows, already familiar since Birth of the Octopuses and L'Apollonides.”
“…captivated by the intense presence of exceptional actors: Adèle Haenel, Amélie with the deliciously stubborn air…”
Comments
This was Jean Jacques Jauffret’s first film. Again, Adéle shows her support for a new filmmaker.
This movie is an exemplar (and perhaps almost a caricature) of the “Chekhov’s Gun” principle.
Re-watch Comments
Re-watch Comments
Adèle is sensational in this film—her character, Amélie, like all the characters in the film, is having a very bad day. Of all them, though, I feel the pain of Amélie's day more than the rest. This may be because I have been a young woman, and not had the circumstances of the other characters, or it could be Adèle's acting. Adèle's performance is nuanced and expresses so much through her face; words are not needed. This is another of Adèle's films that is an ensemble cast; no one actor is the 'star'.
The film treats time in an interesting, and occasionally confusing, way as we see the day from each character's perspective. In the film, as in life, we are each the hero of our own narrative. Each person in the film is having a very bad day, but some find the space to be kind to another— Amélie apologises to her neighbour for the milk incident and she offers him a lift home, her mother embraces Luigi and carries him home.
The scene where the neighbour is caught shoplifting is rather disturbing. I find in surprising that shop security have the powers to strip search someone. I don't think that this is the case where I am (I certainly hope that they don't!). That said, a line adapted from Buffy comes to mind—it's a movie, not a documentary—so who knows if this is an accurate representation of the powers of shop security staff in France...
Overall, I kinda like this film, and Adèle is superb in it.
The film treats time in an interesting, and occasionally confusing, way as we see the day from each character's perspective. In the film, as in life, we are each the hero of our own narrative. Each person in the film is having a very bad day, but some find the space to be kind to another— Amélie apologises to her neighbour for the milk incident and she offers him a lift home, her mother embraces Luigi and carries him home.
The scene where the neighbour is caught shoplifting is rather disturbing. I find in surprising that shop security have the powers to strip search someone. I don't think that this is the case where I am (I certainly hope that they don't!). That said, a line adapted from Buffy comes to mind—it's a movie, not a documentary—so who knows if this is an accurate representation of the powers of shop security staff in France...
Overall, I kinda like this film, and Adèle is superb in it.
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