Alive in France

2017 French documentary film
  • May 20, 2017 (2017-05-20) (Cannes)
Running time
79 minutesCountryFranceLanguagesEnglish
French

Alive in France is a 2017 French documentary film about American filmmaker Abel Ferrara touring and performing rock and roll with his band. The documentary was directed by Ferrara.[1] It premiered as part of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival Directors' Fortnight.[2]

Participants

In addition to Ferrara, the following people appeared in the documentary:

  • Joe Delia
  • Paul Hipp
  • Cristina Chiriac
  • Dounia Sichov
  • PJ Delia
  • Laurent Bechad

Production

The documentary was shot in Toulouse and Paris in October 2016.[3]

Reception

The film has a 20% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[4] Wendy Ide of The Guardian awarded the film three stars out of five.[5]

References

  1. ^ Gleiberman, Owen (25 May 2017). "Cannes Film Review: 'Alive in France'". Variety. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (20 April 2017). "Cannes: Directors' Fortnight reveals 2017 line-up". Screen Daily. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  3. ^ Dalton, Stephen (20 May 2017). "'Alive in France': Film Review; Cannes 2017". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Alive in France". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  5. ^ Ide, Wendy (20 May 2017). "Alive in France review – Abel Ferrara's shambolic blues jam of a music documentary". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 July 2020.

External links

  • Alive in France at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Alive in France at Rotten Tomatoes
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Films directed by Abel Ferrara