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Grigris

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Grigris

2013

1h 41m

Drama

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Grigris dreams of being a dancer despite his paralyzed leg.

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

Distills a vast swath of history and experience in the travails of one striving man.

May 5, 2014

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

[An] uplifting underdog story, complete with dance numbers and a sweet romantic subplot.

Oct 11, 2013

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Tim Grierson

Paste Magazine

Even if the plotting is a trifle trite, that doesn't mean that Haroun can't find ways to surprise.

Rated: 6.3/10

May 31, 2013

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Michael J. Casey

Boulder Weekly

Nothing about Grigris is cliché, inauthentic or boring.

Jun 22, 2019

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C.J. Prince

Way Too Indie

The cinematography by Antoine Héberlé is gorgeous, lending a vibrant quality to the film's locations, and Haroun has a knack for boiling stories down to their essential qualities that would make other filmmakers jealous.

Rated: 6.5/10

Jun 21, 2019

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

In a crowd-pleasing way plays out as an uplifting story of an underdog overcoming his rotten fate.

Rated: B

Jul 30, 2014

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A few good crippled dance scenes are all this low-key movie has going for it.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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If life is like a dance, this dramatic film has an enigmatic choreography.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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The film opens with the title character, Grigris, as he steps out onto a dance floor to entertain a paying crowd - we watch his unbelievably skinny but agile body as it bends and contorts and our eyes are drawn to his one virtually fleshless leg as he spins it around like a broken stick. Its a dazzling introduction to the character and the film - one that intrigues you and brings questions to the audience's mind about who this man is and what his world is like. But while the set up of the film is strong, almost immediately it loses its energy and originality. What follows is a mundane story about Grigris' struggle to earn money for to pay his father-figure's medical bills (a relationship we're meant to be believe is strong though we never get to witness it) and his falling in love with a prostitute - it could so easily have been elevated to greater intensity and simmered to subtler poignancy but somehow never manages to get there.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Synopsis

Grigris dreams of being a dancer despite his paralyzed leg.

Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Producer: Florence Stern
Screenwriter: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Production Co: France 3 Cinéma, Goï Goï Productions, Pili Films
Genre: Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 20, 2016
Runtime: 1h 41m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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