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      The Devils

      2002 1h 45m Drama List
      Reviews 82% 250+ Ratings Audience Score Chloe (Adèle Haenel) and Joseph (Vincent Rottiers), a pair of young siblings abandoned by their parents, attempt to survive on their own. Chloe is autistic; she is withdrawn and in need of her little brother's support. When the two are caught stealing out of necessity, they end up in yet another children's home. Although their impulse is to escape, a psychiatrist begins to make progress with Chloe, prompting Joseph to try and tough it out in the orphanage for his sister's benefit. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member This is French coming-of-age cinema at it's best! This is a greatly emotional psychological drama about a two fraternal twins, Joseph and Chloe, who were abandon by their mother as babies. Chloe is autistic and cannot talk, freaks out when anyone, including Joseph, touches her and collects broken shards in a bag, but Joseph loves her a lot and he ran from various foster homes until they found one to take them both. He dreams of finding his parents again, all he has is a photo of the house and she makes mosaics of the house he speaks of. He believes that if she returns home she will be cured of her autism. So they run away together but are caught and sent to another home in which she is evaluated by a professional psychologist. Joseph slowly falls into mental decline after he is confronted with the truth not only of his parents and the house he dreams of but the truth of his sister's emotional complex. After a few horrifyingly bad French art house movies, pointing the finger at Baise-moi and Anatomy of Hell this one proved to be a really good one. It's emotionally rich, intense, a great character study and a sweet coming-of-age story. The acting is pretty good especially from the two kids in the leads, Adele Haene plays a convincing autistic girl and Vincent Rottiers plays a good angsty 12 year old boy. It starts well and ends well and it engages you the whole way through, I was tired when watched it (it was like 12:30 at night) and I didn't even doze off. I'm annoyed that this is so obscure, I'm giving it 4.5 stars and I recommend you try and find it Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member A hard but touching movie about 2 placed childeren searching for hapiness. Good movie. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Very realistic performance. Amazing. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member un reparto de genial y con buenos momentos en la fotografía pero es una peli llena de alti bajos y no tiene giros si no retorcijones Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Truly emotional performance by young talented actors Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Joseph et Chloe. Deux enfants perdus, abandonnes a la naissance... Fugueurs pour toujours. Jusqu'a ce qu'ils trouvent "la maison"... la ou tout pourrait se reconstruire. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      David Walsh World Socialist Web Site The positively defining characteristic here is the rigor and honesty of Ruggia's approach to his material. Feb 16, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Chloe (Adèle Haenel) and Joseph (Vincent Rottiers), a pair of young siblings abandoned by their parents, attempt to survive on their own. Chloe is autistic; she is withdrawn and in need of her little brother's support. When the two are caught stealing out of necessity, they end up in yet another children's home. Although their impulse is to escape, a psychiatrist begins to make progress with Chloe, prompting Joseph to try and tough it out in the orphanage for his sister's benefit.
      Director
      Christophe Ruggia
      Screenwriter
      Olivier Lorelle, Christophe Ruggia
      Production Co
      Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      French (Canada)
      Runtime
      1h 45m
      Sound Mix
      Surround