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      Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves

      2016 3 hr. 3 min. Drama List
      100% 5 Reviews Tomatometer 38% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score Some disaffected young people in Quebec move from vandalism into terrorism, creating chaos in Montreal as they plan to overthrow the government. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member A tremendous masterpiece, full of philosophical exploration of sadness and violence that constitute our question of how to be, how to live. A Japanese poet Takuboku once wrote: I know the radicals' sad heart... The single heart that can hardly separate words from acts, the heart that is eager to speak instead of deprived words through acts, the heart that throws him and his own body to the enemy... Yet, that is the sadness that serious and enthusiastic man always has. After an endless argument, sipping a spoonful of cold cocoa, and in that slight bitterness I know the radicals' sad, sad heart. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member An anarchist, revolutionary, terrorists, should hold melancholy in their heart, the sorrow of not being able to communicate their sorrow, screams without screaming, and youth. Brilliant poetic work full of philosophical themes and contemplation. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a very self indulgent film. There are some excellent moments, but it doesn't really hold together as a whole, and the self consciousness of the filmmaking takes you out of the film. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member 4/5 Stars. Watched with subtitles. Four radicals band together in a house and plot to spark the revolution to end Capitalism in Quebec. It's definitely an art-house film, in that the first 5 minutes consists of a black screen and music, pretentiousness I've not seen since Koyaanisqatsi. Along with that, there is a lot of weird shit and, being as it is a French film, the requisite overabundance of nudity. That said, the story is engaging and surprises you with some non-linear chronology of scenes (sparsely but well-used), some powerful acting performances, and an honest assessment of the life of true radicals. Plans are made, some are followed through, others fall apart on their own. Regret, self-hatred, resentment, bitterness, the desire to live and to die. Things are not explained at all like they would be in a mainstream film; the scene where Belanger burns what I believe is the book and proceeds from the massage parlor comes to mind. And speaking of Belanger, I really have to say that the scene with him and his father, left until almost the end, was a satisfying portrayal of the male role as something more than just the simplistic brute juxtaposed with the introspective and complex female, which sadly is all too common in film and TV these days. Definitely worth a couple of watches to see and understand everything. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Scott Tobias Variety "Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves" unfurls with a bravado as outsized as its title. Sep 21, 2016 Full Review Alex Heeney Seventh Row Challenging, intelligent, and surprisingly funny. Jun 30, 2017 Full Review Alison Gillmor Winnipeg Free Press This beautiful, provocative, maddening, magnificently titled anarchist epic is both operatic and intimate, ambitious and ambivalent. Rated: 4/5 May 9, 2017 Full Review Jared Mobarak The Film Stage An important and contemplative work of art. Rated: B Feb 13, 2017 Full Review Pat Donnelly Montreal Gazette [A] sprawling, vibrant, thought-provoking and thoroughly engaging film. Rated: 4.5/5 Feb 3, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Some disaffected young people in Quebec move from vandalism into terrorism, creating chaos in Montreal as they plan to overthrow the government.
      Director
      Mathieu Denis, Simon Lavoie
      Screenwriter
      Mathieu Denis, Simon Lavoie
      Production Co
      Art & Essai
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      French (Canada)