''The Worst Ones'' () is a 2022 French drama film directed by Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret. The film premiered at the

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, where it won the Un Certain Regard Award.

Premise

The film tells behind the scenes of a shoot in the North of France. A film director chooses to shoot in the Picasso city, in Boulogne-sur-Mer. He sends out a casting, looking for atypical personalities: young school dropouts, ADHD sufferers, foster children, young people leaving home... He chooses two girls and two boys, Lily, Maylis, Jessy and Ryan. Everyone is surprised by this choice: why did he only take “the worst”? Local associations are worried about the impossible hopes represented by the easy life of a film crew, and the filmmaker is worried about reinforcing the stereotypes he wanted to denounce. The film portrays its heroes. Raised by his sister, Ryan suffers from attention disorders and hyperactivity and cannot stand the school environment despite the help of his life assistant. Lily goes from one guy to another, and we discover that she is weakened by the death of her brother, who died of cancer. Maylis, very little expansive, wonders about her participation in the shooting. Jessy, finally, plays the provocateur but he hides flaws too.

Cast

Production

Akoka and Gueret had previously made a short film, ''Chasse Royale'', dealing with the practice of film casting. After that, they decided to create a story about film production.

Release

''The Worst Ones'' premiered 22 May at the

, where it won the Un Certain Regard Award. It was theatrically released in France on 7 December 2022 by Pyramide Distribution.

Reception

Critical response

On the

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website

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, the film has an approval rating of 100% based on 27 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10.

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assigned the film a weighted average score of 76 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-worst-ones?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1c

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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