Alive in France

Alive in France
Film poster
Directed byAbel Ferrara
Produced byNicolas Anthomé
StarringAbel Ferrara
CinematographyEmmanuel Gras
Edited byLeonardo Daniel Bianchi
Fabio Nunziata
Music byJoe Delia
Abel Ferrara
Paul Hipp
Distributed byBathysphere Productions
Release date
  • May 20, 2017 (2017-05-20) (Cannes)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesEnglish
French

Alive in France is a 2017 French documentary film about American filmmaker Abel Ferrara touring and performing rock and roll with his band. The documentary was directed by Ferrara.[1] It premiered as part of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival Directors' Fortnight.[2]

Participants

In addition to Ferrara, the following people appeared in the documentary:

Production

The documentary was shot in Toulouse and Paris in October 2016.[3]

Reception

The film has a 20% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[4] Wendy Ide of The Guardian awarded the film three stars out of five.[5]

References

  1. ^ Gleiberman, Owen (25 May 2017). "Cannes Film Review: 'Alive in France'". Variety. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (20 April 2017). "Cannes: Directors' Fortnight reveals 2017 line-up". Screen Daily. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  3. ^ Dalton, Stephen (20 May 2017). "'Alive in France': Film Review; Cannes 2017". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Alive in France". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  5. ^ Ide, Wendy (20 May 2017). "Alive in France review – Abel Ferrara's shambolic blues jam of a music documentary". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 July 2020.