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- 2019
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 49 m
- 2019
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 49 m
Summary 17-years-old Zachary gets out of jail. Rejected by his mother, he hangs out in the mean streets of Marseille. This is where he meets Shéhérazade.
Directed By: Jean-Bernard Marlin
Written By: Jean-Bernard Marlin, Catherine Paillé
- 2019
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 49 m
- 2019
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 49 m
Shéhérazade
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Summary 17-years-old Zachary gets out of jail. Rejected by his mother, he hangs out in the mean streets of Marseille. This is where he meets Shéhérazade.
Directed By: Jean-Bernard Marlin
Written By: Jean-Bernard Marlin, Catherine Paillé
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
68
80% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
20% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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It’s rare that a director’s first feature film, accomplished with an ensemble of nonprofessional actors, proves to be as quietly powerful as Jean-Bernard Marlin’s simple but lyrical “Shéhérazade.”
Shooting in a color-streaked vérité style and coaxing terrific performances from his non-pro cast, Marlin clearly has a promising future ahead. What keeps Shéhérazade from ranking higher in the pantheon of streetwise French crime dramas is the story’s overall familiarity.
On the pages of the script, it could come across as forced, but thanks to good direction, editing, and the performances by Robert and Fortas this love story works.
Shéhérazade wins us over with what we love about love: its strength in even the direst of circumstances.
The gritty environment and the non-pro cast are convincingly directed by Marlin, a native of Marseille, particularly in the pic's stronger second half.
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Production Company
Geko Films,
Arte France Cinéma,
Canal+,
ARTE,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
Fonds Images de la Diversité,
Commissariat Général à l'Égalité des Territoires (CGET),
Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,
Fondation GAN pour le Cinéma,
La Banque Postale Image 10,
La Banque Postale Image 11,
Cinécap
Release Date May 10, 2019
Duration 1 h 49 m
Rating TV-MA
Awards
César Awards, France
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Lumiere Awards, France
• 3 Nominations
Prix Jean Vigo
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations