''Jessica Forever'' is a 2018 French

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written and directed by Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel. The film premiered as the closing film of the

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. It also showed in the Panorama section of the

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in 2019.

Plot

As a leader of a group of lost boys, Jessica, a loving and compassionate person, needs to lead them to a place where peace and harmony exists. Her goal is to create a world where Julien, Kevin, Lucas, Michael and Raiden, can live in peace together, and forever.

Cast

* Aomi Muyock as Jessica * Sebastian Urzendowsky as Michael *Augustin Raguenet as Lucas *Lukas Ionesco as Julien *Eddy Suiveng as Kevin *

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as Raiden *Maya Coline as Camille *Angelina Woreth as Andréa *Théo Costa-Marini as Trésor *Franck Falise as Sasha *Florian Kiniffo as Magic *Jordan Klioua as Dimitri *Ymanol Perset as Léopard *Jean-Marie Pittilloni as Maxime *Iliana Zabeth as ice cream seller *Ilyess Meftahi as party boy 1 *Corentin Bachelair as party boy 2 *Bastien Austruy as party boy 3 *Christian Desole as boatmaster *Abel Mandico as voice of magic water

Reception

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the film has a score of based on reviews from critics, with an average rating of . Pat Mullen of '' POV'' praised the lead actress, writing "''Jessica Forever'' features a heroic woman of the

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variety leading a group of lost boys through a world in which orphans are hunted, but the film proves too sparse and thinly conceived for its ambiguously open premise to be remotely intriguing or effective". Jonathan Romney of ''

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'' wrote that "''Jessica Forever'' isn't primarily about effects or action - it's largely about feelings, and surprisingly delicate feelings at that". According to Rafael Motamayor of ''

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starts up with a promising premise that it abandons after 5 minutes in favor of following the most boring group of characters in recent memory". Lena Wilson of ''The Playlist'' gave the film a "D" rating, explaining her reasoning by writing that "''Jessica Forever'' has a few delightfully experimental moments – birthday cake letters and self-immolation make for some stunning visuals – but it quickly dovetails into nonsense". She also added that " ere are movies, like ''

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''" that according to her "use sci-fi strangeness to enhance their dramatic potential and further captivate the audience".

References

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* 2010s fantasy drama films 2018 science fiction films 2018 drama films 2018 films French fantasy drama films French science fiction drama films 2010s French films {{Fantasy-film-stub