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Right in the middle of a school inspector's visit, Ari, a 27-year-old student teacher, collapses. Angry with him for being a failure, his father kicks him out of the house. Emotionally raw, and alone in the city, Ari reluctantly forces himself to rekindle his relationships with old friends. As his memories of the previous months successively ebb and flow, Ari discovers that other people aren't doing as well as he imagined, and that perhaps he has been sleepwalking through his own life.

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian Feb 20
2/5
A peculiar, unformed and unsatisfyingly developed feature, something that does not really deliver the truthful insights that seemed initially on offer. Go to Full Review Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter Feb 19
A loosely assembled drama that never pulls us in as much as the director’s previous work, but offers up an honest, at times searing portrait of what it’s like to be in your 20s in this day and age. Go to Full Review Guy Lodge Variety Feb 19
Light on plot in the conventional sense -- but holds attention with staggered revelations that feel less like conveniently withheld narrative gambits than a person gradually taking stock of their past and present. Go to Full Review Nicolás Medina Peliplat Dec 4
7/10
"Just as the hippocampus is essential for organizing and remembering past experiences, Ari finds herself caught up in a constant process of reconstructing her identity." [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Feb 26
B
Brilliant manic performance by Manet. Go to Full Review Georgi Petkov Loud and Clear Reviews Feb 21
4/5
It’s a rare occurrence for a film to be able to capture a truly sincere moment in the artificial circumstances of moviemaking. [...] Writer-director Léonor Serraille takes good care of Ari, and it comes across. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Léonor Serraille

Director

Andranic Manet

Actor

Pascal Reneric

Actor

Théo Delezenne

Actor

Ryad Ferrad

Actor

Éva Lallier Juan

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Movie Info

Synopsis Right in the middle of a school inspector's visit, Ari, a 27-year-old student teacher, collapses. Angry with him for being a failure, his father kicks him out of the house. Emotionally raw, and alone in the city, Ari reluctantly forces himself to rekindle his relationships with old friends. As his memories of the previous months successively ebb and flow, Ari discovers that other people aren't doing as well as he imagined, and that perhaps he has been sleepwalking through his own life.
Director
Léonor Serraille
Producer
Sandra da Fonseca, Grégoire Debailly
Screenwriter
Léonor Serraille
Production Co
Geko Films, Blue Monday Productions
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French
Runtime
1h 28m