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Early Reviews Spotlight Virginie Efira in Les Braises, Opening in France Nov. 5

Critics highlight an intimate portrait of a working‑class couple shaped by protest.

Overview

  • Thomas Kruithof’s fiction features a story inspired by the 2018 Yellow Vests movement rather than a direct chronicle of it.
  • Virginie Efira plays a factory worker drawn into the movement, with Arieh Worthalter as her partner who takes a different path.
  • Several outlets praise Efira’s performance and the film’s focus on private life under social strain.
  • Some criticism notes an audacious approach that stops short of a clear partisan stance.
  • The film runs 1 hour 42 minutes and is slated for French theatrical release on Wednesday, Nov. 5.