Bloody Oranges

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Bloody Oranges

2022

1h 42m

Comedy

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France, today. Simultaneously, a retired couple overwhelmed by debt tries to win a dance contest, as the minister of economy is suspected of tax evasion, and a teenage girl encounters a sexual maniac, while a young lawyer attempts to climb the social ladder. When the shoe drops, the winner won't necessarily be the one we expected.

Critics Consensus

A mixed bag of citrus, Bloody Oranges delivers a basket of scabrous black humor and provocative violence to those who enjoy WTF fare with a French flair.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

09/12/2022

3/5

Macron’s France gets tied to a chair in a basement and abused in this scabrous and gruesome state-of-the-nation black comedy from Jean-Christophe Meurisse.

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

04/22/2022

“Bloody Oranges” isn’t a heavy-handed polemic. It’s more a genre-hopping experiment: sometimes funny, sometimes terrifying.

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Michael Nordine

Variety

11/10/2021

Few movies swap genres halfway through, and even fewer do so successfully. "Bloody Oranges" does both.

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Lorena Loeza

EscribiendoCine

01/25/2023

7/10

A brilliant collection of stories that ultimately leaves us with the strange sensation that beyond cinematic genres, there are profound dramas that can only be explained by being alive in these times of continuous transformation. [Full review in Spanish]

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Martin Unsworth

Starburst

09/19/2022

4/5

There’s a morality to Meurisse’s film and characters get their just deserts as well as a sprinkling of irony.

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Sebastian Scotney

The Arts Desk

09/19/2022

3/5

Bloody Oranges has been described as a comedy. To me that brought to mind a line from Martha in Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: “I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor.” It sums up a very uneven film.

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Szymon M

@RT27990293 02/14/2023

The film is very original, has a distinct and clever sense of humor, at times completely changes the atmosphere of the film.

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France, today. Simultaneously, a retired couple overwhelmed by debt tries to win a dance contest, as the minister of economy is suspected of tax evasion, and a teenage girl encounters a sexual maniac, while a young lawyer attempts to climb the social ladder. When the shoe drops, the winner won't necessarily be the one we expected.

Director: Jean-Christophe Meurisse
Producer: Marine Bergère, Romain Daubeach, Alice Girard
Screenwriter: Jean-Christophe Meurisse, Amélie Philippe, Yohann Gloaguen
Distributor: Dark Star Pictures
Production Co: La Région Île-de-France, Région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Rectangle Productions, Cofinova 17, Mamma Roman, Ciné+, Cinémage 15, Canal+, Centre National du Cinéma et de L'image Animée, Les Chiens de Navarre, C8
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 18, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 19, 2022
Runtime: 1h 42m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)