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The Balconettes
Directed by
Noémie Merlant
2024
1h 45m
Comedy
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Fantasy
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5.8
72%
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Three women in a Marseille apartment gets stuck in a heat wave. They find themselves trapped in a terrifying affair and longing for freedom.
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Cast of The Balconettes
Souheila Yacoub
Ruby
Sanda Codreanu
Nicole
Noémie Merlant
Élise / Director / Writer
Lucas Bravo
Voisin d'en Face
Nadège Beausson-Diagne
Denise
François Cottrelle
Mari de Denise
Christophe Montenez
Paul
Augustin Palvanh
Dams / Fantôme
Emanuele Carfora
Diego
Henri Cohen
Gynécologue
Nasir Bachouche
Enzo
Annie Mercier
La Voisine
Jean-François Comminges
Xavier Duflotte
Hamzah Raja Mohammad
Caissier
Amir Baylly
Tony
Alice Griveau
Katya
Victor Sansano
Client Ruby
Yassine Douani
Journaliste TV
Paul Granier
Fantôme
Pierre-François Créancier
Fantôme
Hannil Ghilas
Fantôme
Boris Bayard
Fantôme
Mickaël Migliorini
Fantôme
Thomas Weber
Fantôme
Elma Urriaga
Fantôme
Gabriel Harel
Fantôme
Samba Diéne
Fantôme
Fleur Oury
Apprentie Auteure
Laurent Davienne
Apprenti Auteur
Jéssica Quianque
Modèle Photo
Alexia Lefaix
Modèle Photo
Glenn Marausse
Passant
Ryam Noui
Passant
Redha Belaribi
Passant
Alexis Lameda-Waksmann
Passant
Damien Béranger
Passant
Kévin Chassé
Passant
Robin Denoyer
Passant
Mohamed Benhadda
Passant
Senda El Ouni
Femme de Catalan
Barbara Sarreau
Femme de Catalan
Caroline Tyranowicz
Femme de Catalan
César
Brad le Pit
Céline Sciamma
Writer
Pauline Munier
Writer
Sandra Codreanu
Writer
Elise Costa
Writer
Anna Belguermi
Writer
Pierre Guyard
Producer
The Balconettes Ratings & Reviews
Kevin Ward
June 30, 2025
The Balconettes, the second feature from Noémie Merlant, is a sun-drenched midnight riot packed with gore, ghostly detours, and feminist fury. Three Marseille roommates take revenge into their own hands after a predatory neighbor crosses the line—spiraling into one wild, genre-blending night. Merlant kicks things off with a near-16-minute long cold open and a bold movie-star entrance—dressed in full Marilyn Monroe garb, lit by a single diagonal beam of light as she bursts into their checkered tile-floor apartment. From there, it’s buddy comedy meets body horror (severed penis included), wrapped in a candy-colored fever dream. Not a single redeemable man in sight—and that’s the point. Messy, vengeful, and unbothered. Just how I like it.
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
Julianne Bell
The effect is something like an episode of Broad City as directed by Pedro Almodóvar. One thing's for sure: You'll never look at a rocking chair the same way again.
Seattle Film Blog
Kathy Fennessy
I like the way the film began and it held my attention, but lost my sympathies midway through. I'm all for sisterhood, but the men in the film are painted with the broadest of strokes.
Loud and Clear Reviews
Clotilde Chinnici
It is incredibly refreshing to see a movie take such a real approach to portraying some very real horrors that women go through every day with disarming honesty.
Dread Central
Sharai Bohannon
'The Balconettes' is one of the funniest movies of 2024 and is also unafraid to clap back at a society that struggles to see women as actual people.
Collider
Emma Kiely
It's the perfect mix of violence, comedy, and letting women be themselves, and with this being Merlant's first film, it's an even more impressive feat.
AWFJ.org
Nadine Whitney
Noémie Merlant and Céline Sciamma imagine a world in The Balconettes where France shouts Liberté, égalité, sororité and while the film isn't an incendiary revolutionary document on its own, it's adding to the voices growing louder all the time.
That Shelf
Tamara Khodova
The Balconettes is an unhinged feminist horror that stuns the viewer with a good deal of blood, screaming, wackiness and naked bodies.
Next Best Picture
Brittany Patrice Witherspoon
With assertive storytelling and a blatant interest in autonomy when it comes to relationships and sexuality, Merlant's directing pairs well with her support of the #MeToo movement.
The Film Stage
Savina Petkova
The Balconettes is the kind of work Merlant is cut out to make: exuberant, funny, and bold, a real testament to the power of female friendship seen through farce and horror tropes.
RogerEbert.com
Robert Daniels
The components are there: a strong ensemble, mostly sturdy camerawork, and an intriguing premise. But the parts rarely add up to a satisfying whole, and so the potential of "The Balconettes" is left annoyingly hanging in the air.
The Hollywood Reporter
Leslie Felperin
But the film feels more like it's striking feminist poses than working through serious issues, and the throwing of whatever cinematic material against the wall and waiting to see what sticks is not a strategy that really works here.
Variety
Guy Lodge
The directorial energy being channelled here is closer to that of early Pedro Almodóvar, as Merlant piles up saturated, hot-hued melodrama, garrulous female bonding and cheerful lashings of blood and sex.
Deadline Hollywood Daily
Stephanie Bunbury
None of these characters is developed enough to be likable; they are just moving pieces in a very bloody, somewhat didactic game. The point is that the men are so much worse.
AwardsWatch
Ben Rolph
As a director and an actress, Merlant truly lets loose and holds nothing back with her brilliant sophomore feature.
IndieWire
David Ehrlich
It leans into the tonal chaos of life on earth, creating an impressively layered genre mishmash that reflects the complex reality of how women are seen in the world, and how they see themselves in return.
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