The Worst Ones

The Worst Ones (French: Les Pires) is a 2022 French drama film directed by Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret.

The Worst Ones
Theatrical release poster
FrenchLes Pires
Directed byLise Akoka
Romane Gueret
Screenplay byLise Akoka
Romane Gueret
Elénore Gurrey
Produced byMarine Alaric
Frédéric Jouve
CinematographyEric Dumont
Edited byAlbertine Lastera
Music bySebastien Pan
Production
companies
Distributed byPyramide Distribution
Release dates
  • 22 May 2022 (2022-05-22) (Cannes)
  • 7 December 2022 (2022-12-07) (France)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$308,170[1]

Premise

The film tells behind the scenes of a shoot in the North of France. A film director chooses to shoot in the Picasso city, in Boulogne-sur-Mer. He sends out a casting, looking for atypical personalities: young school dropouts, ADHD sufferers, foster children, young people leaving home... He chooses two girls and two boys, Lily, Maylis, Jessy and Ryan. Everyone is surprised by this choice: why did he only take “the worst”? Local associations are worried about the impossible hopes represented by the easy life of a film crew, the filmmaker is worried about reinforcing the stereotypes he wanted to denounce.

The film portrays its heroes. Raised by his sister, Ryan suffers from attention disorders and hyperactivity and cannot stand the school environment despite the help of his life assistant. Lily goes from one guy to another, and we discover that she is weakened by the death of her brother, who died of cancer. Maylis, very little expansive, wonders about her participation in the shooting. Jessy, finally, plays the provocateur but he hides flaws too.

Cast
  • Mallory Wanecque as Lily
  • Timéo Mahaut as Ryan
  • Johan Heldenbergh as Gabriel
  • Loïc Pech as Jessy
  • Mélina Vanderplancke as Maylis
  • Esther Archambault as Judith
  • Matthias Jacquin as Victor
  • Angélique Gernez as Mélodie
  • Dominique Frot as Ryan's grandmother
  • Rémy

Production

Akoka and Gueret had previously made a short film, Chasse Royale, dealing with the practice of film casting. After that, they decided to create a story about film production.[2]

Release

The Worst Ones premiered 22 May at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Prix Un Certain Regard.[3] It was theatrically released in France on 7 December 2022 by Pyramide Distribution.[4]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 100% based on 9 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10.[5]

References
  1. "The Worst Ones (2022)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  2. Lemercier, Fabien (25 May 2022). "Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret • Directors of The Worst Ones". Cineuropa. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  3. Lodge, Guy (27 May 2022). "French Film 'The Worst Ones' and Vicky Krieps Win Big in Cannes Un Certain Regard Awards". Variety.
  4. "Les Pires : du casting à la réalisation". CNC.fr (in French). 8 December 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  5. "THE WORST ONES". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
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