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      Barbara

      Released Oct 12, 2018 1 hr. 38 min. Biography Drama List
      84% 19 Reviews Tomatometer 44% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score When a director sets out to make a film about popular French singer Barbara, both he and the actress who is to play her are overwhelmed by the project. Read More Read Less

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      David B Very interesting and unique approach to a biopic that explores the singer but still maintains the mystery surrounding her. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Just you ggiihoyktjkkko Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Incoherent and erratic...singing was great, the rest was boring and tiresome. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Glenn Kenny New York Times Mr. Amalric plays Yves as a still-besotted fan of Barbara, and as a director he's a still-besotted fan of Ms. Balibar's. He is wise in his enthusiasms. Oct 11, 2018 Full Review Chuck Bowen Slant Magazine In Barbara, the process of filmmaking is shown to be a nesting series of shells that allow one to be simultaneously freed and lost. Rated: 3/4 Oct 8, 2018 Full Review Guy Lodge Guardian An oddly alluring film that does a double backflip on hokey showbiz-bio convention: not an informative introduction to the singer by any means, but a suitably eccentric evocation of her creative essence. Rated: 3/5 May 19, 2017 Full Review Dustin Chang Floating World Amalric is an astute student of cinema. He is keenly aware of the medium and knows how to benefit from its possibilities but not in a showy way. His aimlessness is also his best asset. The film is rhythmic, fluid and free. One of the year's best. Feb 13, 2021 Full Review Mikel Zorrilla Espinof Barbara deviates from what is expected from a conventional biopic, and its proposal includes several stimulating points with which, unfortunately, Amalric never manages to do anything worthwhile. [Full Review in Spanish] Jul 24, 2019 Full Review Javier Ocaña El Pais (Spain) An explosion of formats and textures, layers of narrative, aesthetic, like vital onion layers, in which everything is confused and nothing is incomprehensible. [Full Review in Spanish] Apr 10, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis When a director sets out to make a film about popular French singer Barbara, both he and the actress who is to play her are overwhelmed by the project.
      Director
      Mathieu Amalric
      Executive Producer
      Camille Deleau
      Screenwriter
      Mathieu Amalric, Philippe Di Folco
      Production Co
      France 2 Cinéma, Waiting For Cinema, Gaumont, Alicéléo
      Genre
      Biography, Drama
      Original Language
      French (France)
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Oct 12, 2018, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Oct 1, 2018
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