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- 2013
- Unrated
- Sundance Selects
- 1 h 40 m
- 2013
- Unrated
- Sundance Selects
- 1 h 40 m
Summary Bastards follows Marco (Vincent Lindon), a captain on a container-ship who is called urgently back to Paris by his desperate sister Sandra.
Directed By: Claire Denis
Written By: Jean-Pol Fargeau, Claire Denis
- 2013
- Unrated
- Sundance Selects
- 1 h 40 m
- 2013
- Unrated
- Sundance Selects
- 1 h 40 m
Bastards
69
5.5
Where to Watch
Summary Bastards follows Marco (Vincent Lindon), a captain on a container-ship who is called urgently back to Paris by his desperate sister Sandra.
Directed By: Claire Denis
Written By: Jean-Pol Fargeau, Claire Denis
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
69
65% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
35% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
69
65% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
35% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Bastards is a thriller truly etched in darkness, pools of black broken mostly by the stricken yet soldiering faces of her main characters, like ships in a sea of stormy nights.
This as one of the director’s most pitiless visions—a drama as pitch black as the night that envelops its characters.
Denis’ sparse story delivers details on a need-to-know basis, right up to the finale. Strong on atmos, thanks to Tindersticks’ score, it’ll chill you to the core.
Even at its most opaque, Bastards always exerts a dreamlike pull rooted in Denis’ rhythmic layerings of image, sound and music.
Style can't fully compensate for a tale that, underneath its gorgeous affectations, proves undercooked, especially during a third act that provides duly titillating answers to its initially beguiling mysteries.
Denis's drama intrigues more than it actually delivers...Sleight of hand is all well and good. But sooner or later a film must pay up.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 User Ratings
5.5
33% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
33% Mixed
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33% Negative
4 Ratings
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 User Ratings
5.5
33% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
33% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
33% Negative
4 Ratings
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Production Company
Alcatraz Films,
Wild Bunch,
Arte France Cinéma,
Pandora Filmproduktion,
Palatine Étoile 10,
Soficinéma 9,
Indéfilms,
Canal+,
Ciné+,
ZDF/Arte,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
La Région Île-de-France
Release Date Oct 23, 2013
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating Unrated
Awards
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Indiewire Critics' Poll
• 1 Nomination
