''Right Now'' () is a
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
French film
The cinema of France comprises the film industry and its film productions, whether made within the nation of France or by French film production companies abroad. It is the oldest and largest precursor of national cinemas in Europe, with prima ...
by director
Benoît Jacquot
Benoît Jacquot (; born 5 February 1947) is a French film director and screenwriter who has had a varied career in European cinema.
In July 2024, Jacquot was charged with rape, including of a minor, and was barred from directing and having cont ...
. It was screened in the
Un Certain Regard
(; 'A Certain Glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob.
The section presents 20 films with unusua ...
section at the
2004 Cannes Film Festival
The 57th Cannes Film Festival took place from 12 to 23 May 2004. American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino served as jury president for the main competition. While American filmmaker Michael Moore won the Palme d'Or for the documentary film '' Fahrenh ...
.
Plot
In 1975, a young bourgeois woman falls in love with a bank robber. She follows him and his partner on the run after a bank heist resulted in a death and hostage taking. Using fake IDs, they leave Paris and travel to Spain, Morocco, and Greece.
Cast
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Isild Le Besco
Isild Le Besco (born 22 November 1982) is a French actress and filmmaker, who is of French and Algerian descent on her mother's side, and Vietnamese and Breton on her father's.
She has starred in many films, including '' Sade'' (2000), a Frenc ...
as Lili
* Ouassini Embarek as Bada
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Nicolas Duvauchelle
Nicolas Duvauchelle (born 27 March 1980) is a French actor, perhaps best known for his role as Theo in three seasons of the crime drama '' Braquo''.
Career
Duvauchelle starred in numerous films including ''Lightweight'', '' À tout de suite'' ...
as Alain
* Laurence Cordier as Joelle
* Odile Vuillemin
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Emmanuelle Bercot
Emmanuelle Bercot is a French actress, film director, and screenwriter.
Career Filmmaking
Bercot wrote, directed, and played a lead role in the film '' Clément'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film ...
as Laurence
Reception
On
review aggregator
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website
Rotten Tomatoes
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, the film holds an approval rating of 70%, based on 44 reviews, and an average rating of 6.6/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "A mesmerizing performance by ingenue Isild Le Besco makes this stylish French drama a taut, compelling escapade." On
Metacritic
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, the film has a weighted average score of 63 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
References
External links
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2004 films
Films directed by Benoît Jacquot
2004 crime drama films
French crime drama films
French black-and-white films
2000s French-language films
2000s French films
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