Age of Panic

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Age of Panic

2013

1h 34m

Comedy

Drama

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8 Reviews

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Laetitia, a news reporter, leaves her daughters with a caretaker to cover the presidential elections, and tells him to keep the girls away from Vincent, their father.

Richard Brody

The New Yorker

01/03/2024

“Age of Panic” stands as one of the exemplary works of modern French cinema, a landmark of what a daringly original filmmaker can do when working in a system of her own.

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Drew Hunt

Chicago Reader

06/15/2015

The improvisational story and frenzied performances match the chaotic footage; the film is exhausting, but the action is energizing.

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Ronnie Scheib

Variety

06/15/2015

Triet brilliantly orchestrates the intersection of documentary and fiction.

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

01/25/2023

It’s hard to find a stable emotional POV to view this drama from, and that’s a good thing.

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Betsy Sherman

Arts Fuse

08/08/2017

Here is where Age of Panic goes where few movies have gone before: the crowd scenes are real.

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Catherine S

11/07/2024

We were promised a comedy !! The film was painful to watch because of the shocking use of the crying children, the irritating dialogues … We left before the end…

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Justine Triet

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Synopsis

Laetitia, a news reporter, leaves her daughters with a caretaker to cover the presidential elections, and tells him to keep the girls away from Vincent, their father.

Director: Justine Triet
Producer: Emmanuel Chaumet
Screenwriter: Justine Triet
Production Co: Ecce Films
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Runtime: 1h 34m