Tag: banlieue

Horde

The Horde (La Horde) (2009)

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The Horde (La Horde) first published by Sight & Sound, Oct 2010 Review: After Mathias Rivoallan is discovered on a dumpsite, dehumanised and dead, his suited ‘family’ gather for the funeral. “I know what you’re going to do tonight,”  Rivoallan’s widow Hélène (Marie Vincent) tells Ouessem (Jean-Pierre Martins), before making him promise to “bring them all back,…

Girlhood

Girlhood (2014)

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Review first published in a shorter version by Little White Lies Wearing a chain necklace bearing her new street name ‘Vic’, 16-year-old Marieme (Karidja Touré), together with three fellow gang members, is in a hired hotel room, in a stolen dress (with the security tags still attached), dancing with borrowed moves and lip syncing in…