The World Is Yours (film)

The World Is Yours (French: Le Monde est à toi) is a 2018 French comedy film directed by Romain Gavras. It was selected to screen in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.[2][3]

The World Is na Larita
Film poster
FrenchLe monde est à toi
Directed byRomain Gavras
Produced byCharles-Marie Anthonioz
Mourad Belkeddar
Jean Duhamel
Nicolas Lhermitte
Vincent Mazel
Hugo Sélignac
Paul-Dominique Vacharasinthu
Screenplay byRomain Gavras
Karim Boukercha
Noé Debré
StarringKarim Leklou
Vincent Cassel
Isabelle Adjani
François Damiens
Oulaya Amamra
Music byJamie xx & Sebastian
CinematographyAndré Chémétoff
Edited byBenjamin Weill
Production
company
Iconoclast Films
Chi-Fou-Mi Productions
StudioCanal
NJJ Entertainment
Tribus P Films
120 Films
Distributed byStudioCanal
Release date
  • April 18, 2018 (2018-04-18)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$2.7 million [1]

A leitmotif is the Daniel Balavoine song "La vie ne m'apprend rien".

Synopsis

François, a small-time drug dealer, dreams of starting a new life as the official distributor of Mr. Freeze ice pops in the Maghreb region. However, he discovers that his mother Dany has lost all his savings gambling. He then tries to start anew by associating with Poutine, the erratic kingpin of the city, for a scheme in Spain. But François's entourage gets involved, which soon disrupts everyone's plans.

Cast

Production

The project was announced on April 25, 2017 by Isabelle Adjani in an interview with Grazia magazine. The actress described it as "pretty crazy" and revealed that Vincent Cassel and Oulaya Amamra would also be involved.[4]

Reception

Critical response

On French website Allociné, the film has a critic approval rating of 3.6/5 based on 34 reviews and a viewer approval rating of 3.5/5.[5] French cultural magazine Les Inrockuptibles praised the humour and confidence of the director Romain Gavras, comparing the film to Guy Ritchie's early work.[6] CinéSéries critics were less enthusiastic, calling the plot line and the comic effects "predictable."[7]

Award nominations

References
  1. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fTHEWORLDISYOURS01&country=FR&wk=2018W33&id=_fTHEWORLDISYOURS01&p=.htm
  2. "Cannes: Directors' Fortnight unveils 2018 line-up". ScreenDaily.
  3. "Cannes: Directors' Fortnight Lineup Boasts Colombia's 'Birds of Passage,' Nicolas Cage in 'Mandy'". Variety.
  4. Maida, Sabine; Azoury, Philippe (April 25, 2017). "Isabelle Adjani: "Ma vie est plus cinématographique que mes films"". Grazia (in French). Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  5. "Le Monde est à toi". Allociné (in French). Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  6. Ribeton, Théo (August 10, 2018). ""Le monde est à toi" : Gavras livre un film rempli d'ironie et complètement désarticulé". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  7. Lê, Corentin (May 14, 2018). "Le Monde est à toi : de Bené à benêt". CinéSéries (in French). Retrieved March 24, 2020.
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