Invisibles (film)

Invisibles
Film poster
FrenchLes Invisibles
Directed byLouis-Julien Petit
Written by
  • Louis-Julien Petit
  • Marion Doussot
Based onSur la route des invisibles
by Claire Lajeunie
Produced by
  • Liza Benguigui
  • Philippe Dupuis-Mendel
Starring
CinematographyDavid Chambille
Edited by
  • Nathan Delannoy
  • Antoine Vareille
Music byLaurent Perez Del Mar
Production
company
Elemiah
Distributed byApollo Films
Release dates
  • 22 August 2018 (2018-08-22) (Angoulême)
  • 9 January 2019 (2019-01-09)
Running time
102 minutes[1][2][3]
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$4.8 million [4]
Box office$18.9 million[1]

Invisibles (French: Les Invisibles) is a 2018 French comedy-drama film directed by Louis-Julien Petit, based on the 2015 novel Sur la Route des Invisibles, Femmes Dans La Rue by Claire Lajeunie.[5]

The film premiered at the 2018 Angoulême Francophone Film Festival and was released on 9 January 2019, to generally positive reviews.

Plot

L'Envol, a day center for homeless women in Anzin, France, closes its doors: only 4% of the women who've been there have been reintegrated, which the city council considers to be insufficient. The civil workers decide to protest against these measures through civil disobedience and the secret installment of a therapeutic workshop and a sleeping hall in a squatter's home...

Cast

Release

The film had its world premiere at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival[6] on 22 August 2018[7][8] and was released in theaters on 9 January 2019.[3][2][8]

Reception

Box office

Invisibles grossed $0 in North America[2] and $19 million worldwide.[1]

Critical response

On French review aggregator AlloCiné, the film holds an average rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on 25 professional reviews.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Les invisibles (2019)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Invisibles (2018)". Box Office Mojo. IMDbPro. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Les Invisibles" (in French). AlloCiné. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Les invisibles".
  5. ^ "Archives | 2019 Festival du Film Francophone d'Angoulême | Jury - Louis-Julien Petit" (in French). Angoulême Francophone Film Festival. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Archives | 2018 Festival du Film Francophone d'Angoulême - Les Avant-premières" (in French). Angoulême Film Festival. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Louis-Julien Petit et Corinne Masiero pour le film Les Invisibles" (in French). PurePeople. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  8. ^ a b AFP (23 August 2018). "Les "Invisibles", une comédie sociale sur les femmes SDF au festival d'Angoulême". L'Express (in French). Retrieved 16 March 2021.