Staying Vertical

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Staying Vertical

Released Jan 20, 2017

1h 40m

Comedy

Drama

LGBTQ+

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A filmmaker (Damien Bonnard) must raise his newborn by himself after his girlfriend (India Hair) abandons him.

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Staying Vertical takes a number of risks in its unorthodox approach to an unusual story -- and justifies many of them with an unpredictable and ultimately satisfying experience.

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

The strange action plays out with a dreamlike lucidity reminiscent of late Luis Buñuel... It's also dreamlike in its handling of time; the film takes place over a few years but feels as if it transpires over a few days.

Apr 20, 2017

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Glenn Kenny

RogerEbert.com

The movie's irreverence is in certain respects commendable, but its po-faced attempts at cinematic philosophizing are transparently stilted.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 21, 2017

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A.O. Scott

New York Times

"Being Vertical" ... has a rough gravity that holds your attention and sticks in your mind.

Jan 19, 2017

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

This latest effort feels more like an efficiently polished return to the director's themes from earlier titles, where pernicious, peripheral villains constantly threaten distinctively rural settings.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 4, 2019

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Daniel Barnes

Dare Daniel

Guiraudie frequently abandons the audience in the story - we drift in and out of the narrative just as Léo drifts in and out of people's lives - but for all of the film's self-infatuation, it also offers no shortage of deeply disturbing show-stoppers.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 29, 2019

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Alexa Dalby

Dog and Wolf

It's also a film about desire and frustration -- there are sexual relationships between the four main characters in varying permutations that ebb and flow throughout the film.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 19, 2019

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Desde "Adaptação", eu não via um filme tão esquisito sobre as vicissitudes sofridas por um roteirista.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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7.4/10, my review: http://wp.me/p1eXom-2SY

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

I demand a ticket refund. Sure, I watched this bullshit at home yet I still want my effing money back.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

Don't feed the wolves.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Alain Guiraudie

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Damien Bonnard

Léo

India Hair

Marie

Raphaël Thiéry

Jean-Louis

Christian Bouillette

Marcel

Basile Meilleurat

Yoan

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Synopsis

A filmmaker (Damien Bonnard) must raise his newborn by himself after his girlfriend (India Hair) abandons him.

Director: Alain Guiraudie
Producer: Sylvie Pialat, Benoît Quainon
Screenwriter: Alain Guiraudie
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Production Co: arte France Cinéma, Les Films du Worso
Genre: Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 20, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 6, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $11.7K
Runtime: 1h 40m

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