Continental Drift (South) Explained

Continental Drift (South)

Native Name:

Italic Title:

Director:

Lionel Baier

Producer:

Pauline Gygax
Max Karli

Starring:

Isabelle Carré
Théodore Pellerin

Cinematography:

Josée Deshaies

Editing:

Pauline Gaillard

Studio:

Bandita Films

Runtime:

89 minutes

Country:

Switzerland
France

Language:

French
Italian
English
Bulgarian
German

Continental Drift (South) (French: La dérive des continents (au sud)) is a 2022 Swiss-French comedy-drama film written by Lionel Baier and Laurent Larivière, directed by Baier and starring Isabelle Carré and Théodore Pellerin.

Cast

Isabelle Carré as Nathalie Adler
Théodore Pellerin as Albert Adler
Ursina Lardi as Ute Lerner
Ivan Georgiev as Timotei Bacalov

Release

The film premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival in May 2022.^[1]

Reception

Allan Hunter of Screen International gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Pleasantly entertaining, Continental Drift has a busy plot that finds easy solutions to complex issues and turns towards the sentimental..."^[2] Alex Heeney of Seventh Row said, "Lionel Baier’s biting yet heartfelt Cannes film Continental Drift (South) tackles the migrant crisis and personal failures of empathy with wit and intelligence."^[3]

Notes and References

Linville. JD. Lionel Baier’s ‘Continental Drift (South)’ Brings Europe’s Growing Pains to Cannes. May 23, 2022. Variety. January 16, 2023.
Web site: Hunter. Allan. ‘Continental Drift’: Cannes Review. May 25, 2022. Screen Daily. January 16, 2023.
Web site: Heeney . Alex . Continental Drift (South) is a biting satire and family drama . Seventh Row . 22 January 2023.