Continental Drift (South)

Continental Drift (South) (French: La dérive des continents (au sud)) is a 2022 Swiss-French comedy-drama film written by Lionel Baier and Laurent Larivière, directed by Baier and starring Isabelle Carré and Théodore Pellerin.

Continental Drift (South)
FrenchLa dérive des continents (au sud)
Directed byLionel Baier
Written byLionel Baier
Laurent Larivière
Produced byPauline Gygax
Max Karli
StarringIsabelle Carré
Théodore Pellerin
CinematographyJosée Deshaies
Edited byPauline Gaillard
Production
company
Bandita Films
Release date
Running time
89 minutes
CountriesSwitzerland
France
LanguagesFrench
Italian
English
Bulgarian
German

Cast

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Release

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The film premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival in May 2022.[1]

Reception

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Allan Hunter of Screen International gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Pleasantly entertaining, Continental Drift has a busy plot that finds easy solutions to complex issues and turns towards the sentimental..."[2] Alex Heeney of Seventh Row said, "Lionel Baier’s biting yet heartfelt Cannes film Continental Drift (South) tackles the migrant crisis and personal failures of empathy with wit and intelligence."[3]

References

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  1. ^ Linville, JD (May 23, 2022). "Lionel Baier's 'Continental Drift (South)' Brings Europe's Growing Pains to Cannes". Variety. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  2. ^ Hunter, Allan (May 25, 2022). "'Continental Drift': Cannes Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  3. ^ Heeney, Alex. "Continental Drift (South) is a biting satire and family drama". Seventh Row. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
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