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  • 2017
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2017
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 38 m

Summary Filmmaker Leo is searching for the wolf in the south of France. During a scouting excursion he is seduced by Marie, a free-spirited and dynamic shepherdess. Nine months later she gives birth to their child. Suffering from post-natal depression and with no faith in Leo, who comes and goes without warning, Marie abandons both of them. Leo ...

Directed By: Alain Guiraudie

Written By: Alain Guiraudie

  • 2017
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2017
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 38 m

Staying Vertical

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
65
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
7.5
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Summary Filmmaker Leo is searching for the wolf in the south of France. During a scouting excursion he is seduced by Marie, a free-spirited and dynamic shepherdess. Nine months later she gives birth to their child. Suffering from post-natal depression and with no faith in Leo, who comes and goes without warning, Marie abandons both of them. Leo ...

Directed By: Alain Guiraudie

Written By: Alain Guiraudie

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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59% Positive
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41% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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59% Positive
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41% Mixed
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91
Jan 18, 2017
Staying Vertical is distinguished largely by its poker-faced playfulness. Bonnard is a wonderfully quizzical presence in the lead, expertly creating the impression of a person who has no idea what he wants but is nonetheless determined to get it.
By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW
83
May 21, 2016
The film never quite flies off the rails so much as it careens from side to side on the same beguiling path, with the most remarkable outcome being that the enigmatic pieces fit together.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 25, 2016
The film changes gears whenever one is lulled into believing that it has finally settled into a recognizable narrative pattern.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW
70
May 21, 2016
Staying Vertical slowly morphs into something closer to a dark — and darkly funny — myth or fairytale, though this transformation isn’t entirely smooth.
By Boyd van Hoeij FULL REVIEW
60
May 21, 2016
Guiraudie's humour is self-referential and at times hilarious. His tendency to shock might seem adolescent but he's also careful to identify taboos that perhaps shouldn't be taboos at all.
By John Bleasdale FULL REVIEW
50
Jan 17, 2017
Staying Vertical feels weighed down when it should be light, and ironic when it should be earnest. For better and worse, the film terrorizes conventional cinema without providing any good alternative.
By Josh Cabrita FULL REVIEW
40
May 21, 2016
An incoherent, inconsequential picture which sometimes looks worryingly as if it is being made up as it goes along.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Les Films du Worso, Arte France Cinéma, Canal+, Ciné+, ARTE, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Les Films du Losange, Wild Bunch, Cinéventure, Indéfilms 4, Cinémage 10, Région Languedoc-Roussillon, Région Midi-Pyrénées, Région Poitou-Charentes, Département de la Charente-Maritime
Release Date Jan 20, 2017
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating Unrated
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Awards

Lumiere Awards, France
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
International Cinephile Society Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 2 Nominations

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