Event Info
Director: Noemie Merlant France, 2024, 104 minutes
Starts on time - no adverts
French with English subtitles
Abertoir Film Festival Presents:
As a heat wave brings a Marseille neighbourhood to the boil, three roommates gleefully meddle in the lives of their neighbours from their balcony. Until a late-night drink turns into a bloody affair. Beginning as seemingly a feminist take on 'Rear Window,' the horrors depicted in 'The Balconettes' are painfully real ones, and from those comes the rageful beating heart at the core of the film. Incorporating tropes from horror, mad-cap comedies and art cinema, 'The Balconettes' is a genre-bending, darkly comic and incredibly vital film.
“A punk fable shatters #MeToo taboos. Exploring questions of coercion and consent with a healthy dose of blood and guts, The Balconettes entertains and energizes in equal measure.” - Variety
“Ghost story, body horror, feminist comedy. Noémie Merlant, familiar as a fine actress from Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire, packs a good deal into her sophomore feature as director. Pedro Almodovar looms over all these shenanigans, which could be read as “Women on the Verge of Heat Exhaustion.” - Deadline
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18: "This film has been classified "18". Which means it's unsuitable for anyone younger than that. It's an offence to allow in anyone below that age, so if you don’t look old enough, you will need appropriate age verification to enter. Thank you and enjoy the film.
