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Les Braises Opens in France, Reframing the Yellow Vests Through a Couple’s Strain

Early reviews praise Virginie Efira, with some critics describing the film’s politics as cautious.

Overview

  • The drama opens in French cinemas on 5 November, joining a small recent wave of fiction returning to the 2018 Yellow Vests movement.
  • Director Thomas Kruithof approaches the protests through an intimate lens, focusing on how activism collides with home life.
  • Virginie Efira plays a factory worker who joins the movement, opposite Arieh Worthalter as a truck driver struggling to keep his small transport business afloat.
  • Kruithof and co-writer Jean‑Baptiste Delafon consulted participants from the movement during development to inform the story.
  • Critics commend Efira’s performance and note the film’s audacity, with some finding it uneven or lacking a firm political line.