The Braid (film)
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Laetitia Colombani |
| Written by | Laetitia Colombani Sarah Kaminsky |
| Produced by | Olivier Delbosc Marc Missonnier Deborah Benattar |
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| Cinematography | Ronald Plante |
| Edited by | Albertina Lastera |
| Music by | Ludovico Einaudi |
Production companies | Curiosa Films Moana Films Forum Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 121 min. |
| Countries |  France Canada Belgium Italy |
| Languages | HindiI Italian English |
The Braid (French: La Tresse) is a 2023 melodramatic film directed by Laetitia Colombani based on her own bestseller[1] novel of the same name (2017).[2][3]
Filming began on 11 March 2022 in India.[4] It was theatrically released in France on 29 November 2023.[5]
Plot[edit]
Young mother Smita lives in India and dreams of giving her little daughter an education, but her husband does not want to change anything. Italian Julia, after an incident with her father, realizes that the family is left with large debts. A talented lawyer from Canada, Sarah, is about to receive a long-awaited promotion, but a serious diagnosis interferes with her plans. Three women, three secrets. They have never met and do not even know that in fact they are connected by something unique, an interweaving of destinies.
Cast[edit]
- Kim Raver as Sarah
- Mia Maelzer as Smita
- Fotinì Peluso as Julia
- Avi Nash as Camal
- Manuela Ventura as Julia's mother
- Mimmo Mancini as Julia's father
- Sajda Pathan as Lalita
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
In particular, Augustin Pietron-Locatelli, in Télérama, notes an absence of staging and an abuse of clichés, “dripping” music for a film which parallels stories which are not comparable.[6] Andrew Parker (TheGATE.ca) notes: "The Braid raises some cultural and ethical questions that are left dangling in the breeze in favour of sending things out on a somewhat uplifting note after asking a lot of the audience up to that point".[7] In Russia, the film was released theatrically on 30 May 2024. Film critic of Kommersant publication Yulia Shagelman considered the film "Sarah’s line was the most elaborate and reliable, but for some reason it’s not very easy to be touched by how an Indian beggar, without knowing it, helped a woman with money and access to modern free (after all, we’re talking about Canada) healthcare".[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "The Braid". IFFSA Toronto]]. 12 October 2023.
- ^ "La Tresse" (PDF). Unifrance. 2023.
- ^ "The Braid movie review – based on the best-selling novel". Tribute. 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Laëtitia Colombani débute le tournage de "La Tresse"". Le Film français. 11 March 2022.
- ^ ""La Tresse" : Laetitia Colombani adapte son best-seller dans un film en "hommage au courage des femmes"". Franceinfo (in French). 27 November 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "La Tresse". Télérama. 27 November 2023.
- ^ "The Braid Review. Under the Same Sky". TheGATE.ca. 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Точка косы". Kommersant. 29 May 2024.
External links[edit]
- The Braid at IMDb
- The Braid at Rotten Tomatoes
- "The Braid (La Tresse)". The American French Film Festival. 2023.
- 2023 films
- 2023 directorial debut films
- 2023 multilingual films
- 2020s Hindi-language films
- 2020s English-language films
- 2020s Italian-language films
- Canadian romantic drama films
- French romantic drama films
- Italian romantic drama films
- Belgian romantic drama films
- Films about cancer in France
- Films based on French novels
- Films about the caste system in India
- Films produced by Olivier Delbosc
- Films produced by Marc Missonnier
- Films scored by Ludovico Einaudi