Ari

The third film from Camera d’Or-winner Léonor Serraille (Montparnasse Bienvenue) follows primary school teacher Ari (the magnetic Andranic Manet), left adrift after a nervous breakdown in class. Booted out of the family home by his long-suffering dad, who wants his son to step up for once, Ari roams the streets of Lille, looking for connection with old friends, exes and strangers. Elliptical and energetic with dashes of both Éric Rohmer and John Cassavetes, Serraille’s richly observed character piece reveals that Ari’s hardly the only one not doing well in this alienating modern world. Moments of nihilism are tempered by the film’s humour and empathetic worldview, as refracted by a deeply vulnerable performance from Manet.

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