35 Rhums (35 Shots of Rum) (2008)
Average Rating: 8.1/10
Reviews Counted: 57
Fresh: 55 | Rotten: 2
This slow-moving French family drama is rich, complex, subtle and emotionally eloquent.
Average Rating: 9/10
Critic Reviews: 14
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 0
This slow-moving French family drama is rich, complex, subtle and emotionally eloquent.
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Average Rating: 3.5/5
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Time and romantic attraction threaten to sour a family relationship in this drama from writer and director Claire Denis. Lionel (Alex Descas) is a middle-aged widower who makes his living driving a train and shares an apartment with his twentysomething daughter, Joséphine (Mati Diop). Lionel and Joséphine have a warm and caring relationship, and while it's not Lionel's nature to say very much, his affection for his daughter is clear. Lionel's on-and-off girlfriend Gabrielle (Nicole Dogue) and
Sep 1, 2008 Wide
Apr 20, 2010
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Cast
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Alex Descas
Lionel -
Mati Diop
Joséphine, Joséphine, ... -
Gregoire Colin
Noé, Noé, No? -
Nicole Dogue
Gabrielle -
Ingrid Caven
Aunt -
Julieth Mars-Toussaint
René, René, Ren? -
Jean-Christophe Folly
Ruben -
Adèle Ado
Bar Patron -
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All Critics (58) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (55) | Rotten (2)
Claire Denis, an acclaimed French director, makes films that defy the rules of Hollywood.
It's a beautiful picture but very quietly so, and definitely not for the ADHD set.
Modest in scope but very sure, Rum goes down smoothly indeed.
Celebrated French filmmaker Claire Denis is a master of atmosphere and immersion.
I've seen films where superheroes shift alliances, and I only yawned. What matters is not the scope of a story, it's the depth.
Don't miss this one.
Top CriticDenis sees human interactions with an uncommon clarity of vision. Her great talent, as evident as ever in this, one of her greatest films, is her ability to allow an audience to see those relationships in the same quietly revelatory way she does.
Those who go into it expecting to see a smart character piece and those who are patient will find the well-acted feature rewarding, even emotionally satisfying.
The film's placid, minimalist façade masks a complex story
The overall effect of Denis's movie duplicates that unique and wonderful Ozu effect.
The kind of precious quiet film that rarely gets made and is worth savoring for its alluring inner beauty.
A wonder of minimalism, Claire Denis' 35 Shots of Rum...quietly observes the lives of several Africans living in a Paris suburb.
...a character-based story told at a human scale by a director (Claire Denis, who also co-wrote the script) who lets the story develop at an unhurried pace...
If every film about simple, quotidian issues was this daring in its execution... world cinema would be in a much healthier place.
These people feel one hundred percent real, as well-written and completely defined as those living in the apartment next door to you right now.
A gently affecting study of the relationships among a group of friends and family...made up of small but telling details.
Offering a poignant, subtle, realistic yet poetic portrait of a father-daughter relationship, 35 Shots of Rum is another enchanting film from Claire Denis, whose work is still little known in the U.S.
Gazes wisely and humanely on our collective need to love, be loved, and ultimately let go.
Bittersweet.
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Foreign Titles
- 35 Rum (DE)
- 35 Shots of Rum (35 rhums) (UK)
