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- 2021
- Samuel Goldwyn Films
- 2 h 1 m
- 2021
- Samuel Goldwyn Films
- 2 h 1 m
Summary The American Civil War breaks out... A family of French colonists, settled in Missouri, decides to go back to France. Edmond, Madeleine, and their three daughters have to cross the whole country to reach New-York. They are led by the mysterious and dangerous mercenary, Victor.
Written By: David Perrault
- 2021
- Samuel Goldwyn Films
- 2 h 1 m
- 2021
- Samuel Goldwyn Films
- 2 h 1 m
Savage State
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Summary The American Civil War breaks out... A family of French colonists, settled in Missouri, decides to go back to France. Edmond, Madeleine, and their three daughters have to cross the whole country to reach New-York. They are led by the mysterious and dangerous mercenary, Victor.
Written By: David Perrault
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
52
25% Positive
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1 Review
25% Mixed
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1 Review
50% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
The film has merit as a sprawling and effective work that combines the expected action beats with quieter, character-driven moments, and elements of pure weirdness to surprisingly strong effect. Even when it doesn’t quite work, and it's undeniably uneven at times, it at least has the good taste to offer up flaws borne of ambition instead of laziness.
David Perrault’s Savage State opts for Jacques Audiard’s contemplative mood but fails to balance it out with fleshed-out heroes, a sense of humor, or even a coherent point. What we’re left with is the novelty of a well-worn genre seen through a very French, existential prism; it’s all jaw-droppingly beautiful and sleep-inducingly dull.
This is pretentious, chatty and maddeningly slow.
A gonzo mashup of gothic melodrama, Wild West survival story, and voodoo-flavored supernaturalism, with a side order of slasher-movie tropes and a sprinkling of kinky sex insinuations.
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Production Company
Mille et Une Productions,
Metafilms,
Fondation GAN pour le Cinéma,
Uproduction,
Panache Productions,
La Compagnie Cinématographique,
Title Media,
Sofica Manon 9,
Canal+,
Ciné+,
La Région Île-de-France,
Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
Téléfilm Canada,
Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge,
Tax Shelter de Movie Tax Invest,
Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep)
Release Date Jan 29, 2021
Duration 2 h 1 m
Awards
Almeria Western Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
