The Other Side
Film poster
Directed byRoberto Minervini
Written by
  • Roberto Minervini
  • Denise Ping Lee
Produced by
  • Muriel Meynard
  • Paolo Benzi
  • Dario Zonta
CinematographyDiego Romero Suarez-Llanos
Edited byMarie-Hélène Dozo
Production
companies
  • Agat Films & Cie
  • Okta Film
Distributed by
  • Shellac (France)
  • Lucky Red (Italy)
Release date
  • 21 May 2015 (2015-05-21) (Cannes)
Running time
92 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageEnglish

The Other Side is a 2015 French-Italian documentary film directed by Roberto Minervini. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[1][2]

Premise

Roberto Minervini goes to Louisiana, where he documents drug addicts and anti-government militias.

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 82% based on 22 reviews, and an average rating of 7.5/10.[3] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 65 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[4]

Peter Debruge of Variety called it "a soul-draining, feature-length look at the bastard stepchildren of the American Dream".[5] Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter called it "a poetic but hermetic journey into a debauched and dangerous Deep South".[6]

References

  1. ↑ "2015 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Screenings Guide". Festival de Cannes. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "The Other Side (Louisiana) (2016)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "The Other Side Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  5. ↑ Debruge, Peter (24 May 2015). "Cannes Film Review: 'The Other Side'". Variety. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  6. ↑ Mintzer, Jordan (21 May 2015). "'The Other Side': Cannes Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 May 2015.


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