Occidental (film)

Occidental is a 2017 French thriller drama film directed by Neil Beloufa, starring Idir Chender, Anna Ivacheff, Paul Hamy, Hamza Meziani, Louise Orry-Diquéro and Brahim Tekfa.

Occidental
Directed byNeil Beloufa
Written byNeil Beloufa
Produced byJonathan Charbit
Starring
  • Idir Chender
  • Anna Ivacheff
  • Paul Hamy
  • Hamza Meziani
  • Louise Orry-Diquéro
  • Brahim Tekfa
CinematographyGuillaume le Grontec
Edited byErmanno Corrado
Music byGregoire Bourdeil
Production
company
Bad Manners
Distributed byVendredi Distribution
Release dates
23 January 2017 (Angers European First Film Festival)
28 March 2018 (France)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesItalian
Arabic
English
French

Plot

Cast
  • Idir Chender as Antonio
  • Anna Ivacheff as Diana
  • Paul Hamy as Giorgio
  • Hamza Meziani as Khaled
  • Louise Orry-Diquéro as Romy
  • Brahim Tekfa as Karim
  • Françoise Cousin as Sophie
  • Pierre Rousselet as Christophe
  • Brune Renault as Vanessa
  • Geoffrey Carey as M. Dubreuil

Reception

Vassilis Economou of Cineuropa wrote, "Without disclosing his references, ranging from Sartre’s existentialism to Godard’s aesthetics and Warhol’s pop culture, Beloufa mocks the demureness of Western society, criticises its preposterous fears and entombs its endangered, dying ideologies."[1]

Kevin Ritchie of the Now wrote that "despite enjoyable visual delights, Occidental doesn’t quite transcend its metaphorical echo chamber." [2]

Stephen Dalton of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that while the film is "visually and sonically striking", it "never quite delivers the political or emotional payoff seemingly promised by its fraught dramatic buildup."[3]

References
  1. Economou, Vassilis (12 September 2017). "Occidental: Dismantling Western prejudices". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  2. Ritchie, Kevin (31 August 2017). "Occidental". Now. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  3. Dalton, Stephen (10 February 2017). "'Occidental': Film Review | Berlin 2017". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
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