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  • 2023
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2023
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 38 m

Summary Paris, summer 1942. Irene (Rebecca Marder) is a 19-year-old aspiring actress without a care in the world. Her family watches her discover friends, new love and a passion for the theater, all the while without her realizing that time is running out.

Directed By: Sandrine Kiberlain

Written By: Sandrine Kiberlain

  • 2023
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2023
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 38 m

A Radiant Girl

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary Paris, summer 1942. Irene (Rebecca Marder) is a 19-year-old aspiring actress without a care in the world. Her family watches her discover friends, new love and a passion for the theater, all the while without her realizing that time is running out.

Directed By: Sandrine Kiberlain

Written By: Sandrine Kiberlain

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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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88
Feb 17, 2023
Most Holocaust dramas show us the trains, the barbed wire, and the starving prisoners. This movie shows us what happened before, making the story real by making us identify with the people who were lost.
By Nell Minow FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 17, 2023
There are no false moves in Marder’s truly radiant lead performance.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 17, 2023
Newcomer Marder’s performance is a thoroughly engaging one. She manages to demonstrate both screen presence and likability, despite a role which requires her to represent youthful optimism to an almost symbolic degree.
By Catherine Bray FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 15, 2023
Through an affecting mix of comedy, romance and drama, A Radiant Girl sounds a warning about the perils of not looking directly at tough realities. And yet it’s so alive from moment to moment, so finely attuned to the emotional lives of its characters, that it never feels like a history lesson dressed up as narrative.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 14, 2023
As stories of the Occupation and impending Holocaust go, A Radiant Girl never overcomes its artistic emotional detachment.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 15, 2023
This is a film with some grace and exuberance, but a cavalier attitude to period verisimilitude only adds to the impression that, when it comes to facing ugly historical reality, Kiberlain’s approach is naïvely inadequate.
By Jonathan Romney FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 16, 2023
At points, the contrast between Irene’s joy and the encroaching horrors is jarring and eerie, but A Radiant Girl seldom hits these notes — the rest is deflating and awkward.
By Beatrice Loayza FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Curiosa Films, E.D.I Films, France 3 Cinéma, BNP Paribas Pictures, Canal+, France Télévisions, Ciné+, Cinémage 15, SG Image 2019, La Région Île-de-France, Digital District
Release Date Feb 17, 2023
Duration 1 h 38 m
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Awards

Torino Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Cleveland International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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