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Directed by | Roberto Minervini |
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Cinematography | Diego Romero Suarez-Llanos |
Edited by | Marie-Hélène Dozo |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Countries | France Italy |
Language | English |
The Other Side is a 2015 French-Italian documentary film directed by Roberto Minervini. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. [1] [2]
Roberto Minervini goes to Louisiana, where he documents drug addicts and anti-government militias.
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 82% based on 22 reviews, and an average rating of 7.5/10. [3] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 65 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [4]
Peter Debruge of Variety called it "a soul-draining, feature-length look at the bastard stepchildren of the American Dream". [5] Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter called it "a poetic but hermetic journey into a debauched and dangerous Deep South". [6]