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- 2004
- R
- Magnolia Pictures
- 1 h 51 m
- 2004
- R
- Magnolia Pictures
- 1 h 51 m
Summary This taut thriller in the crime/gangster tradition is the first segment of the unprecedented trilogy of films from Belgian actor/director Lucas Belvaux.
Directed By: Lucas Belvaux
Written By: Lucas Belvaux
- 2004
- R
- Magnolia Pictures
- 1 h 51 m
- 2004
- R
- Magnolia Pictures
- 1 h 51 m
On the Run
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Summary This taut thriller in the crime/gangster tradition is the first segment of the unprecedented trilogy of films from Belgian actor/director Lucas Belvaux.
Directed By: Lucas Belvaux
Written By: Lucas Belvaux
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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79% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
21% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
75
79% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
21% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
The sheer stark speed and measured violence of On the Run catch us up quickly--and the film becomes a searing portrait of a killer-idealist lost out of time.
Behind the camera Belvaux builds suspense with an austere tone and clever false alarms; in front of it he plays Bruno as chivalrous yet ruthless.
At its most contemplative, The Trilogy is a stirring and shrewd portrait of lives lived in oblivious parallel. [Note: From a review of the entire trilogy.]
What we glean from Belvaux's trilogy is the reassurance (rare on film, with its terror of inattention) that people are both important and unimportant, and that heroes and leading ladies, in life as in art, can fade into extras before our eyes. [Note: From a review of the entire trilogy.] [2 February 2004, p.94]
Belvaux tells this seamy story with great energy, and gives an all-stops-out performance in the leading role. Also fine are Catherine Frot as Bruno's former girlfriend and Dominique Blanc as the addict.
Has some moments of excitement and is certainly uncompromising.
There are some scenes that display impressive technical cunning, and others that show an astute regard for the emotional capacities of his able cast, but On the Run amounts to a sullen display of skill in a dubious cause.
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Production Company
Agat Films & Cie,
Canal+,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
Cofimage 12,
Entre Chien et Loup,
Eurimages,
Gimages 5,
Natexis Banques Populaires Images 2,
Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF),
Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
Release Date Jan 30, 2004
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating R
Website
http://www.diaphana.fr/trilogie
Awards
Chlotrudis Awards
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
César Awards, France
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Prix Louis Delluc
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
