The read
A Balasaur Score of 85 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 97%, Metacritic 87/100. Scores higher than 94% of the 6,939 2020s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 3h 16m.
Synopsis
Marie-Lou Fontaine, director of a nursing home in the Paris suburbs, defies convention by adopting the 'Humanitude' method despite her team’s resistance. Her encounter with Mari Morisaki, a terminally ill Japanese playwright, transforms her life. Together, they turn the facility into a symbol of resistance and humanity against the system’s limits.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Metacritic87/100
50 audience votes
Key crew
- Ryusuke HamaguchiDirector
- Samuel AndreyevOriginal Music Composer
- Ryusuke HamaguchiScreenplay
- Léa Le DimnaScreenplay
Cast
- Virginie EfiraMarie-Lou Fontaine
- Tao OkamotoMari Morisaki
- Kyōzō NagatsukaGoro Kiyomiya
- Kodai KurosakiTomoki Kubodera
- Jean-Charles ClichetOlivier
- Marie BunelSophie
- Romain CottardDamien
- Marie DenarnaudLaurence
- Gabriel DahmaniDjibril
- Sephora PondiAdidja
- Heidi Becker-BabelMarion
- Lazare GousseauClaude
