Liberté (2019 film)

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Not to be confused with the 2019 war film, Liberté: A Call to Spy.

Liberté
Liberté 2019 poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed byAlbert Serra
Written byAlbert Serra
Starring
  • Helmut Berger
  • Marc Susini
  • Iliana Zabeth
  • Laura Poulvet
  • Baptiste Pinteaux
  • Theodora Marcadé
  • Alexander García Düttmann
  • Lluís Serrat
  • Xavier Pérez
  • Francesc Daranas
  • Catalin Jugravu
  • Montse Triola
  • Safira Robens
CinematographyArtur Tort
Edited byAriadna Ribas
Release date
  • 18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) (Cannes)
Running time
132 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Germany
  • Portugal
  • Spain
Languages
  • French
  • German
  • Italian

Liberté is a 2019 drama film written and directed by Albert Serra.[1] Set in the 18th century, it tells the story of the libertines that spend a night of sexual debauchery in the forest. The film had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2019.[2][3]

Plot[]

In the 18th century, the libertines spend a night of sexual debauchery in the forest.

Cast[]

  • Helmut Berger as Duc de Walchen
  • Marc Susini as Comte de Tésis
  • Iliana Zabeth as Mademoiselle de Jensling
  • Laura Poulvet as Mademoiselle de Geldöbel
  • Baptiste Pinteaux as Duc de Wand
  • Theodora Marcadé as Madame de Dumeval
  • Alexander García Düttmann as Comte Alexis Danshire
  • Lluís Serrat as Armin
  • Xavier Pérez as Capitaine Benjamin Hephie
  • Francesc Daranas as Libertine
  • Catalin Jugravu as Catalin
  • Montse Triola as Madame Montavril
  • Safira Robens as Mademoiselle de Rubens

Production[]

The film was preceded by an installation at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid and a theater play.[4] For the film, Albert Serra got inspiration from the French painters such as Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard and François Boucher.[4] The cast consists of a mix of professional and non-professional actors.[4]

Release[]

The film had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2019.[2][3] It was also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival,[5] the New York Film Festival,[6] and the International Film Festival Rotterdam.[7] It was released in France on 4 September 2019.[8]

Reception[]

Critical reception[]

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 71% based on 38 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "It may prove more tedious than titillating for some, but Liberté boldly blurs the line between filmgoer and voyeur."[9] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 50 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[10]

Carson Lund of Slant Magazine gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, writing, "Serra's overriding impulse in Liberté is to bask in the atmospheric peculiarities of his fantasized scenario, a drive that places the film in closer proximity to an immersive museum exhibition than to narrative cinema."[11] Leslie Felperin of The Hollywood Reporter commented that "even as pornography, it's not much of a source of joy, and the dialogue is even more risible than some of the worst efforts out of the San Fernando Valley."[12]

Accolades[]

Award Year of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
Cannes Film Festival 2019 Special Jury Prize: Un Certain Regard Liberté Won [13][14]
Gaudí Awards 2020 Best Costume Design Rosa Tharrats Won [15][16]
Best Makeup and Hairstyles Antoine Mancini, Armande Monteiro, and Laurence Abraham Yaeger Won
Best Non-Catalan Language Film Liberté Nominated

References[]

  1. ^ "The Screenings Guide 2019". Cannes Film Festival. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b Florescu, Ioana (3 May 2019). "Films Boutique pulls out all the stops for Cannes". Cineuropa. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Liberté as seen by Albert Serra". Cannes Film Festival. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  4. ^ a b c Dima, Flavia (3 July 2019). "Freedom: Albert Serra". Mubi. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Liberté". Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Liberté". Film at Lincoln Center. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Liberté". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Liberté". AlloCine. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Freedom". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Liberté". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  11. ^ Lund, Carson (5 September 2019). "Review: Liberté Audaciously Revels in an Amorphous Night of Transgression". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  12. ^ Felperin, Leslie (22 May 2019). "'Liberte': Film Review | Cannes 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  13. ^ Lodge, Guy (24 May 2019). "Brazil's 'Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão' Wins Cannes Un Certain Regard Award". Variety. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  14. ^ Richford, Rhonda (24 May 2019). "Cannes: Karim Ainouz's 'Invisible Life' Takes Top Prize in Un Certain Regard". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  15. ^ "Guardonades - XII Premis Gaudí". Catalan Film Academy. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  16. ^ "Nominades - XII Premis Gaudí". Catalan Film Academy. Retrieved 14 March 2020.

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