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  • Worldview Entertainment
  • 2 h 15 m
  • Worldview Entertainment
  • 2 h 15 m

Summary 1999, the Second Chechen War. After his parents are killed in their village, a small boy flees, joining the flood of refugees. He meets Carole, a European Union delegation head and little by little, with her help, he will return to life. At the same time, his elder sister Raïssa searches tirelessly for him amongst the civilian exodus. Th...

Directed By: Michel Hazanavicius

Written By: Michel Hazanavicius

  • Worldview Entertainment
  • 2 h 15 m
  • Worldview Entertainment
  • 2 h 15 m

The Search

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
37
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Summary 1999, the Second Chechen War. After his parents are killed in their village, a small boy flees, joining the flood of refugees. He meets Carole, a European Union delegation head and little by little, with her help, he will return to life. At the same time, his elder sister Raïssa searches tirelessly for him amongst the civilian exodus. Th...

Directed By: Michel Hazanavicius

Written By: Michel Hazanavicius

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
37
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88% Mixed
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13% Negative
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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88% Mixed
7 Reviews
13% Negative
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50
Mar 12, 2015
The French director’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning silent movie comedy, "The Artist," is everything "The Artist" was not: long, unoriginal and heavy-handed.
By Liam Lacey FULL REVIEW
50
May 25, 2014
The result is vivid when focusing on those directly involved in the war but laborious when devoted to the fretful hand-wringing of do-gooder outsider characters, which is a lot of the time.
By Todd McCarthy FULL REVIEW
50
May 25, 2014
The Search lacks the the credible emotions of the original and never assembles a convincing reason for its existence.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
40
May 25, 2014
Hazanavicius has confused sobriety with impact, and mulched down all the stories you might want to tell about Chechnya into a generic, undermotivated wallow.
By Tim Robey FULL REVIEW
40
May 25, 2014
It could be that Hazanavicius wanted, once again, to channel some of that Old Hollywood big-hearted sincerity — just as he did with his silent-movie triumph The Artist. But the outcome here is naive and misjudged.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
40
May 25, 2014
There's no doubting Hazanavicius' sincerity in trying to bring the Chechen conflict, the war crimes committed against the civilian community and the indifference of the international community to light, but it's this righteousness that gets in the way of The Search working as a film first and foremost.
By John Bleasdale FULL REVIEW
25
May 25, 2014
One can’t fault Hazanavicius’ motivations too much, especially given the lack of attention given to the events in Chechnya over the past fifteen years... It’s just a shame that he does it such a banal and trite way.
By Oliver Lyttelton FULL REVIEW

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Production Company La Petite Reine, La Classe Américaine, Wild Bunch, France 3 Cinéma, Orange Studio, Sarke Studio, Westart Invest, NJJ Capital, SofiTVCiné, Canal+, Ciné+, France Télévisions
Duration 2 h 15 m
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Website http://ano-koe.gaga.ne.jp/
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Awards

Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Palm Springs International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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