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Everyday life at la Fémis, a Parisian cinema school.
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Diego Semerene Slant Magazine 02/21/2019
3/4
Claire Simon knows that the best way to capture the anxiousness of a moment is to leave it unembellished. Go to Full Review Glenn Kenny New York Times 02/21/2019
I teach film, and this movie gave me some bracing lessons. Go to Full Review Ignatiy Vishnevetsky AV Club 02/20/2019
B-
Though The Competition lacks critical distance, what it offers, in spades, is the engrossing experience of watching other people endure pressure and humiliation. Go to Full Review Justine Smith Vague Visages 06/05/2024
What makes someone a great artist before they’ve made any great works of art? That becomes the central question and object of scrutiny at the heart of ‘Le concours,’ making it one of the most compelling examinations of auteur driven cinema. Go to Full Review Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl 05/10/2019
6/10
...of inherent interest to those who follow global film, because France is a major player in the film world, and la Fémis is a major player in the French film industry. Go to Full Review Joshua Brunsting The CriterionCast 02/24/2019
...watching titans of the French film upper class dissect young men and women through brief interviews and a series of strange tests is fascinating and incredibly provocative. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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03/06/2017 Why is this movie so long?? If the film was half the length it could have been an insightful and intense examination of the process of admitting students to a prestigious school. As it is it's just exhausting. The only possible justification for that that I can come up with is that the filmmakers wanted to give the audience the same sort of draining experience the people in the film had. See more Read all reviews
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Claire Simon

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Alain Bergala

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Xanaë Bove

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Emmanuel Chaumet

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Claire Childeric

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Michaël Dacheux

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Movie Info

Synopsis Everyday life at la Fémis, a Parisian cinema school.
Director
Claire Simon
Producer
Arnaud Dommerc, Belinda Leduc
Production Co
Andolfi
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 21, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA)
$14.3K
Runtime
2h 1m
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