Delete History

{{Short description|2020 film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Delete History

| image = Delete History.jpg

| caption = French theatrical release poster

| director = Benoît Delépine
Gustave Kervern

| producer = Sylvie Pialat
Benoît Quainon
Benoît Delépine
Gustave Kervern

| screenplay = Benoît Delépine
Gustave Kervern

| starring = Blanche Gardin
Denis Podalydès
Corinne Masiero

| cinematography = Hugues Poulain

| editing = Stéphane Elmadjian

| studio = Les Films du Worso
No Money Productions
France 3 Cinéma
Pictanovo
Scope Pictures

| distributor = Ad Vitam Distribution

| released = {{film date|2020|2|24|Berlin|2020|8|26|France|df=yes}}

| runtime = 110 minutes

| country = France
Belgium

| language = French

| budget = $4.9 million {{cite web | url=https://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=20193 | title=Effacer l'historique (Delete History) (2020) - JP Box-Office }}

| gross = $4.4 million {{cite web | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt10627352/?ref_=bo_se_r_1 | title=Delete History }}

}}

Delete History ({{langx|fr|Effacer l'historique}}) is a 2020 French-Belgian comedy film co-produced, written and directed by Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/press/press-releases/detail_34516.html |title=The 70th Berlinale Competition and Further Films to Complete the Berlinale Special |work=Berlinale |access-date=29 January 2020 |archive-date=29 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129103856/https://www.berlinale.de/en/press/press-releases/detail_34516.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/festivals/berlin-film-festival-main-competition-lineup-1203485048/ |title=Berlin Competition Lineup Revealed: Sally Potter, Kelly Reichardt, Eliza Hittman, Abel Ferrara |work=Variety |date=29 January 2020 |access-date=29 January 2020}} At Berlin, the film won the Silver Bear 70th Berlinale prize.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/berlin-film-festival-2020-award-winners-1203519894/ | title=Berlin Film Festival 2020: There Is No Evil Wins Golden Bear |work=Variety | date=29 February 2020 |access-date=1 March 2020}} The film is also scheduled to show at the 2020 Angoulême Francophone Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://filmfrancophone.fr/fr/program-guide/film/effacer-l-historique|title=Effacer l'historique|work=Film Francophone D'Angouleme|date=22 March 2018 |access-date=8 August 2020}}

Cast

Post production

Yolande Moreau's scene was cut out from the film. She is a frequent collaborator of the directors.{{Cite web|url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/finistere/brest/effacer-l-historique-de-kervern-et-delepine-le-numerique-l-ere-de-rien-16-08-2020-12598671.php|title=" Effacer l'historique ", de Kervern et Delépine : Le numérique, l'ère de rien|date=16 August 2020}}

Reception

In France, the film averages 4/5 on the AlloCiné from 31 press reviews.{{cite news|url=https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=275608.html|title=Effacer l'historique|last=|first=|date=|website=AlloCiné|access-date=September 21, 2021|archive-url=|archive-date=}} {{Rotten Tomatoes prose|80||5||ref=yes|access-date=June 12, 2023}}

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