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gave the film a grade of C−, writing, "Forestier and Seydoux are both fantastically desperate as dead end citizens who met each other at a very dangerous time in their lives, but Desplechin fails to make full use of his actors; instead of allowing them to shade in their characters, he pummels the
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gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, commenting that "The film's master image is among the greatest images of Desplechin's career: the women, recreating their strangulation of the victim for the police, briefly hold their hands together under the victim's pillow."
31: 1404: 1399: 328:, the local police chief Daoud, and Louis, a fresh recruit, are confronted with the violent murder of an elderly woman. The victim's two young, female neighbours, Claude and Marie, are arrested. 1384: 1110: 487: 1379: 1240: 1202: 1409: 648: 1288: 563: 1053: 687: 674: 1256: 1369: 1081: 999: 798: 537: 971: 661: 1374: 622: 550: 1364: 1195: 520: 1328: 635: 605: 770: 1389: 1139: 437:, the film has a weighted average score of 51 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". 1188: 409: 313: 198: 1232: 1394: 515: 826: 1144: 1058: 1320: 163: 1224: 433:, the film holds an approval rating of 59% based on 29 reviews, with an average rating of 5.4/10. On 859: 803: 600: 743: 1359: 576: 272: 159: 1111:"Arnaud Desplechin a reçu le 16 Prix Jacques-Deray du film policier français à l'Institut Lumière" 1054:"France's Lumiere Awards: 'Les Misérables' Wins Best Film, Roman Polanski Tapped as Best Director" 1272: 748: 1304: 854: 1212: 1175: 881: 510: 426: 374: 285: 64: 1280: 356: 305: 120: 1264: 972:"'Oh Mercy!' Review: Leá Seydoux Is Totally Wasted in Arnaud Desplechin's Flat Procedural" 949: 913: 720: 430: 261: 45: 1296: 1004: 918: 595: 449: 350: 344: 301: 297: 116: 112: 1180: 1353: 1115: 309: 76: 775: 715: 1336: 1248: 886: 338: 293: 108: 1140:"'Les Miserables' Wins Best Film at Cesar Awards, Polanski Takes Best Director" 30: 1027: 944: 434: 281: 278: 939: 976: 908: 442: 831: 174: 1169: 1000:"Review: Oh Mercy! Is a Bracing Study of Violence Born of Helplessness" 325: 447:
audience into an ambiguous state of forced sympathy." Chuck Bowen of
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The film had its world premiere in the Competition section at the
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on 22 May 2019. It was released in France on 21 August 2019.
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Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur
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It was selected to compete for the 7: 480: 1380:Films directed by Arnaud Desplechin 398:Maïssa Taleb as Soufia Duhamel-Hami 1026:Engelen, Aurore (7 October 2019). 998:Bowen, Chuck (16 September 2019). 14: 1410:French-language crime drama films 666:Arnaud Desplechin and Léa Mysius 395:Bouzid Bouhdida as Soufia's uncle 389:Sylvie Moreaux as Soufia's mother 744:"Cannes Film Review: 'Oh Mercy'" 1257:Playing 'In the Company of Men' 392:Diya Chalaoui as Fatia Belkacem 970:Ehrlich, David (22 May 2019). 742:Weissberg, Jay (22 May 2019). 1: 290:Roubaix, commissariat central 87:Roubaix, commissariat central 1370:2010s French-language films 799:"The Screenings Guide 2019" 380:Anthony Salamone as Kovalki 371:Stéphane Duquenoy as Benoît 1426: 365:Betty Catroux as De Kayser 1219: 617: 599: 594: 532: 514: 509: 476: 473: 470: 467: 464: 410:2019 Cannes Film Festival 314:2019 Cannes Film Festival 56: 40: 28: 1375:French crime drama films 362:Chloé Simoneau as Judith 204:21 August 2019 649:Best Supporting Actress 383:Ilyes Bensalem as Farid 324:One Christmas night in 1365:2019 crime drama films 1145:The Hollywood Reporter 1059:The Hollywood Reporter 882:"Roubaix, une lumière" 855:"Roubaix, une lumière" 827:"Roubaix, une lumière" 368:Jérémy Brunet as Aubin 265: 189:22 May 2019 1084:Roubaix, une lumière 860:Cannes Film Festival 804:Cannes Film Festival 267:Roubaix, une lumière 51:Roubaix, une lumière 940:"Oh Mercy! 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French
Arnaud Desplechin
Léa Mysius
Roschdy Zem
Léa Seydoux
Sara Forestier
Antoine Reinartz
Why Not Productions
Arte France Cinéma
Le Pacte
Cannes
French
lit.
crime
drama film
Arnaud Desplechin
Roschdy Zem
Léa Seydoux
Sara Forestier
Antoine Reinartz
Palme d'Or
2019 Cannes Film Festival
Roubaix
Roschdy Zem
Léa Seydoux
Sara Forestier
Antoine Reinartz
Philippe Duquesne
2019 Cannes Film Festival

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