Zagreb Film Festival

The Worst Ones

  • Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret
  • France
  • 2022
  • 99'
  • Les pires

Film director Gabriel arrives to a social housing French suburb to cast child actors for his new project. His film centres on a pregnant teenager and her younger brother, and Gabriel wants authentic local residents to play them. The film crew’s arrival prompts jealousy and division among younger residents, while the older ones complain that a film of this sort only perpetuates stereotypes and turns away affluent people. Why can’t the story be about the success of their gymnastics team? When Gabriel announces his choice of actors, everyone in the neighbourhood is taken aback and wondering why he chose the worst of the lot. Winner of Un Certain Regard Prize in Cannes.

Subtitles: EN, HR

Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret

Romane Gueret

French director and screenwriter. She studied filmmaking at the Sorbonne, before working as an assistant director, casting assistant and camera operator. Together with Lise Akoka, she co-directed short films Chasse Royale (2016), which won the Illy Prize in the Directors’ Fortnight section in Cannes, and Allez garçon! (2019), as well as the web series Tu préfères (2020). The Worst Ones (2022) is her feature directorial debut and winner of Un Certain Regard Prize in Cannes.

 

Lise Akoka

French actor, screenwriter and director. She studied psychology, before training as an actor (Les Ateliers du Sud and the Studio-théâtre d’Asnières). Since 2014, she has collaborated with Romane Gueret and together they directed short films Chasse Royale (Cannes 2016 – Directors’ Fortnight – Illy Prize) and Allez garçon! (2019), as well as the web series Tu préfères (2020). The Worst Ones (2022) is her feature directorial debut and winner of Un Certain Regard Prize in Cannes.

The Worst Ones

Director
Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret
Screenplay
Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret, Éléonore Gurrey
Cast
Mallory Wanecque, Timéo Mahaut, Johan Heldenbergh, Loïc Pech, Mélina Vanderplancke, Esther Archambault, Matthias Jacquin, Angélique Gernez, Dominique Frot, Rémy Camus
DOP
Eric Dumont – AFC
Editing
Albertine Lastera
Producer
Marine Alaric, Frédéric Jouve
Production
Les Films Velvet, France 3 Cinéma, Pictanovo
Festivals & Awards
Cannes Film Festival – Un Certain Regard Prize; Toronto Int'l Film festival; BFI London Film Festival; Filmfest Hamburg; Sarajevo Film Festival

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