Genesis

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Genesis

2018

2h 9m

Drama

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Three teenagers are shaken up by their first loves.

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

"Genèse" concludes as a sober reminder that the young always feel intensely, but that the years between the crush that shines and the ardor that confounds are short ones, indeed.

Oct 2, 2019

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Abby Sun

Film Comment Magazine

The actual effect of watching Genesis is a bit like whiplash, as the film switches between three different storylines

Rated: 7/10

Aug 29, 2019

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

The film may be maddening as a character study, and it could damage an ionizer with its air of self-importance, but its experiments in form and tone are highly original.

Aug 22, 2019

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Joe Lipsett

Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr Podcast

A challenging triptych, filled with difficult characters, as well as slow & methodical pacing. It also doesn't end in a conventional sense or with any catharsis, which means it's quite a polarizing text!

Rated: 3/5

Aug 21, 2024

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Shawn Glinis

Film Inquiry

Genesis, a bifurcated narrative about young love that reveals itself, in the final 20 minutes, to be a triptych, is a steady, assured drama whose power has a strange occasion to sneak up on you.

Nov 20, 2019

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Zhuo-Ning Su

The Film Stage

An ode to that time in our lives when we still paid more attention to impulses than consequences.

Rated: B+

Aug 22, 2019

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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bryan b

Worst apocalypse ever!!!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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dave d

At its best, Philippe Lesage's latest understands growing up and youthful relationships perfectly. At its worst it's an elongated and overindulgent mess. Somewhere in the middle the truth lies. I loved this til I hated it, but a redemptive (albeit seemingly from a different movie with no explanation) final twenty minutes leaves it in that take it or leave it range. Final Score: 5/10

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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richard r

The movie was a bit interesting until the last 30 or so minutes. That should have been a short film on it's own, it had nothing to do with the other stories which were not really settled. Don't waste your time. The critics are insane as usual.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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i think that film is very exellent

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Tough film to rate. On the one hand it brings to life the exuberance of youth. But it also brutally portrays the stark realities of coming-of-age, in scenes that can be quite difficult to watch. At over 2 hours in length, I can't say that overall it was entertaining.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Synopsis

Three teenagers are shaken up by their first loves.

Director: Philippe Lesage
Producer: Galilé Marion-Gauvin
Screenwriter: Philippe Lesage
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Canadian French
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 19, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $6.8K
Runtime: 2h 9m

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