Gagarine
{{for|a French housing project|Cité Gagarine}}
{{short description|2020 French film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Gagarine
| image = Gagarine poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| director = {{Plainlist|
- Fanny Liatard
- Jérémy Trouilh
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| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Julie Billy
- Carole Scotta
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| writer = {{Plainlist|
- Fanny Liatard
- Jérémy Trouilh
- Benjamin Charbit
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| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Alséni Bathily
- Lyna Khoudri
- Jamil McCraven
- Finnegan Oldfield
- Farida Rahouadj
- Denis Lavant
}}
| music = {{Plainlist|
- Evgueni and Sacha Galperine
- Amine Bouhafa
}}
| cinematography = Victor Seguin
| editing = Daniel Darmon
| studio = Haut et Court
| distributor = Haut et Court
| released = {{Film date|2020|9|26|Zurich Film Festival|2021|6|23|France|df=y}}
| runtime = 97 minutes{{cite web |url=https://zff.com/en/archive/84422/ |title=Gagarine - Archive - Zurich Film Festival|work=zff.com/en|access-date=15 September 2022}}
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
| gross = $553,042{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Gagarine-(2020-France)#tab=summary |title=Gagarine (2021) - Financial Information |publisher=The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC |access-date=15 September 2022}}
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Gagarine, also known as Gagarin, is a 2020 French drama film directed by Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh, in their feature directorial debut. It centres around Cité Gagarine, a housing project in Ivry-sur-Seine, on the south of Paris, where the film was shot right before its demolition.{{cite news|last=Ducrocq|first=Marion|date=14 August 2019|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/val-de-marne-94/ivry-gagarine-une-cite-et-bientot-un-film-14-08-2019-8133669.php|title=Ivry : Gagarine, une cité, et bientôt un film|newspaper=Le Parisien|access-date=12 May 2021|language=French}}
The film was selected for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival. It was nominated for the European Discovery at the 33rd European Film Awards.{{cite news|last=Dalton|first=Ben|date=8 October 2020|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/gagarine-instinct-among-six-european-film-awards-discovery-nominees/5153881.article|title='Gagarine', 'Instinct' among six European Film Awards Discovery nominees|work=Screen Daily|access-date=12 May 2021}}
Synopsis
Youri, a 16-year-old boy living in Cité Gagarine, a housing project in Ivry-sur-Seine, protests the planned demolition of the community.
Cast
- Alséni Bathily as Youri
- Lyna Khoudri as Diana
- Jamil McCraven as Houssam
- Finnegan Oldfield as Dali
- Farida Rahouadj as Fari
- Denis Lavant as Gérard
Production
Gagarine is an expansion of the directors' 2015 short of the same name, their first film. They first interviewed residents of Cité Gagarine at the request of architects who were studying the possible demolition of the building, which inspired them to write a fictional film set in the project.{{cite web|url=https://www.totem-films.com/wp-content/uploads/GAGARINE-PRESSKIT.pdf|title=Presskit|publisher=Totem Films|access-date=12 May 2021|archive-date=12 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512141752/https://www.totem-films.com/wp-content/uploads/GAGARINE-PRESSKIT.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Release
Gagarine was included in the First Features section of the official selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news|last=Sharf|first=Zack|date=3 June 2020|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/06/cannes-2020-lineup-films-competiton-1202235061/|title=Cannes Announces 2020 Official Lineup: 'French Dispatch,' 'Ammonite,' New McQueen and Ghibli|publisher=IndieWire|access-date=12 May 2021}} It was screened for press and industry in an online edition of the Cannes Marché du Film in June 2020.{{cite news|last=Lemercier|first=Fabien|date=24 June 2020|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/389665/|title=Review: Gagarin|work=Cineuropa|access-date=12 May 2021}} It was subsequently screened at the Zurich Film Festival on 26 September 2020.{{cite web |url=https://s3.zff.com/medialibrary/2021/01/ZFF20__-_Katalog2020_Buch_lay_RZ_LowRes-compressed.pdf |title=Catalogue - Zurich Film Festival|work=zff.com |page=53|access-date=15 September 2022}}{{cite news|last=Bałaga|first=Marta|date=30 September 2020|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/interview/393139/|title=Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh • Directors of Gagarin|work=Cineuropa|access-date=12 May 2021}} It was first theatrically released in France on 23 June 2021.{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt12444424 |title=Gagarine (2020) |publisher=Box Office Mojo. IMDbPro |access-date=15 September 2022}}
Reception
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On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 96% based on 45 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Balancing whimsy-tinged magic realism against serious themes of community and displacement, Gagarine is as bracingly original as it is ultimately poignant."{{cite web |title=Gagarine |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gagarine |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media |access-date=15 September 2022}} On Metacritic, the film holds a score of 74 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/gagarine |title=Gagarine |publisher=Metacritic. Red Ventures |access-date=15 September 2022}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
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{{Lumières Award for Best First Film}}
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Category:2020 directorial debut films
Category:2020s French-language films
Category:Films set in Île-de-France