Invisibles (film) explained

Invisibles
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Director:	Louis-Julien Petit
Music:	Laurent Perez Del Mar
Cinematography:	David Chambille
Studio:	Elemiah
Distributor:	Apollo Films
Runtime:	102 minutes
Country:	France
Language:	French
Budget:	$4.8 million ^[1]
Gross:	$18.9 million^[2]

Invisibles (French: '''Les Invisibles''') is a 2018 French comedy-drama film directed by Louis-Julien Petit, based on the 2015 novel Sur la Route des Invisibles, Femmes Dans La Rue by Claire Lajeunie.^[3]

The film premiered at the 2018 Angoulême Francophone Film Festival and was released on 9 January 2019, to generally positive reviews.

Plot

L'Envol, a day center for homeless women in Anzin, France, closes its doors: only 4% of the women who've been there have been reintegrated, which the city council considers to be insufficient. The civil workers decide to protest against these measures through civil disobedience and the secret installment of a therapeutic workshop and a sleeping hall in a squatter's home...

Cast

• Audrey Lamy as Audrey Scapio
• Corinne Masiero as Manu
• Noémie Lvovsky as Hélène
• Déborah Lukumuena as Angélique
• Marianne Garcia as Marianne / 'Lady Di'
• Adolpha Van Meerhaeghe as Chantal
• Patricia Mouchon as Patricia / 'Edith Piaf'
• Khoukha Boukherbache as Khoukha / 'Marie-José Nat'
• Bérangère Toural as Bérangère / 'Simone Veil'
• Patricia Guery as Patricia / 'La Cicciolina'
• Marie-Christine Descheemaker as Marie-Christine / 'Brigitte Macron'
• Laetitia Grigy as Monique
• Fedoua Laafou as Fedoua / 'Salma Hayek'
• Stéphanie Brayer as Stéphanie / 'Françoise Hardy'
• Marie-Thérèse Boloke Kanda as Marie-Thérèse / 'Mimie Mathy'
• Aïcha Bangoura as Aïcha / 'Vanessa Paradis'
• Dominique Manet as Dominique / 'Brigitte Fontaine'
• Assia Menmadala as Assia / 'Dalida'
• Sarah Suco as Julie Carpentier
• Pablo Pauly as Dimitri
• Brigitte Sy as Béatrice
• Quentin Faure as Laurent
• Marie-Christine Orry as Catherine Paraire
• Fatsah Bouyahmed as Esteban
• Antoine Reinartz as Deputy mayor

Release

The film had its world premiere at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival^[4] on 22 August 2018^{[5] [6]} and was released in theaters on 9 January 2019.^{[7] [6]}

Reception

Box office

Invisibles grossed $0 in North America^[7] and $19 million worldwide.^[2]

Critical response

On French review aggregator AlloCiné, the film holds an average rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on 25 professional reviews.^[8]

External links

• • Casting complet et équipe technique at AlloCiné (in French)

Notes and References

1. http://www.cine-directors.net/popup2019/invisibles.htm
2. Web site: Les invisibles (2019) . The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC . 16 March 2021.
3. Web site: Archives 2019 Festival du Film Francophone d'Angoulême Jury - Louis-Julien Petit . 21 November 2018 . . 16 March 2021 . fr.
4. Web site: Archives 2018 Festival du Film Francophone d'Angoulême - Les Avant-premières . 21 November 2018 . Angoulême Film Festival . 16 March 2021 . fr.
5. Web site: Louis-Julien Petit et Corinne Masiero pour le film Les Invisibles . . 16 March 2021 . fr.
6. Les "Invisibles", une comédie sociale sur les femmes SDF au festival d'Angoulême . . . 23 August 2018 . 16 March 2021 . fr.
7. Web site: Invisibles (2018) . . 16 March 2021.
8. Web site: Les Invisibles . . 16 March 2021 . fr.