Freedom

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Freedom

2019

2h 0m

History

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Libertines expelled from the Puritan court of Louis XVI seek safety in Germany.

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Critics Consensus

It may prove more tedious than titillating for some, but Liberté boldly blurs the line between filmgoer and voyeur.

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David Jenkins

Little White Lies

12/04/2020

4/5

It's a fascinating, unique and affirmative film about the revolutionary act of self-expression, and the connection between backroom intellectual inquiry and broad public thinking.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

12/02/2020

3/5

This film is an ordeal that I never want to go through again, but it's undoubtedly executed with a cerebral conviction and uncompromising seriousness that no Anglo Saxon film-maker could approach.

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Nick Schager

The Daily Beast

05/12/2020

Though Serra certainly looks upon, and stages, their taboo-breaking with a droll sense of humor, there's plenty of grim transgression to be found here.

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Jason Shawhan

Nashville Scene

09/10/2021

If you ever believed that Nurse Forsythe in Shivers was right on when she proclaimed all flesh to be erotic flesh, then this is the one for you.

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Carlos Bonfil

La Jornada

07/22/2021

[Creates] an enveloping and oppressive atmosphere. [Full review in Spanish]

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Luke Gorham

In Review Online

07/29/2020

Albert Serra's Liberté continues the director's penchant for placing human rot, literal and metaphorical, within the garish trappings and knowing artifice of re-creation.

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david b

@Dobishop 12/26/2020

Of no artistic value whatsoever. No universality present. Extraordinarily tedious.

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12/14/2020

The director should just retire

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09/30/2019

In the age of suffocating political correctness and total dictate of simulacrums of different sorts and forms, Alberto Serra managed to make a fabulous film. I really appreciate his efforts to camouflage and to hide behind all these naked bodies wandering in a wood. Overall this film is a strange reminiscence of life stream from the Europarliament in Strasburg. 1 Sense of humor. I really appreciate this gift in any artist. Especially self-irony is priceless. 2 Idealism of the highest caliber. Only true purist and moralist can make such a 'promiscuous' film. Interesting what Haneke or Seidl would say about Liberte. I think that they will love it! 3 I really like that he has such a brave approach towards filmmaking. He opens a new era in art-house for sure. And I'm super happy about it. I need to be tricked and fooled by a true artist like Albert Serra. viva la revolution! Thank you, dear Alberto! The best of luck to you!~

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Synopsis

Libertines expelled from the Puritan court of Louis XVI seek safety in Germany.

Director: Albert Serra
Producer: Pierre-Olivier Bardet, Joaquim Sapinho, Albert Serra, Montse Triola
Screenwriter: Albert Serra
Production Co: Lupa Film, Idéale Audience, Andergraun Films, Rosa Filmes
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 9, 2020
Runtime: 2h 0m