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The Balconettes
Directed by
Noémie Merlant
2024
1h 45m
Comedy
,
Fantasy
,
and more
6.5
67%
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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
Lucas Bravo
Le voisin
Nadège Beausson-Diagne
Denise
Christophe Montenez
Paul
Annie Mercier
Henri Cohen
Docteur
Hannil Ghilas
Fantôme Boxeur
Amir Baylly
The Balconettes Reviews
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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