The Worst Ones (2022)

12/07/2022Drama, Comedy1h 40m
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The story centres on a group of teenagers street cast in their neighbourhood and selected to play in a feature film during the summer. The film tells the story of this film shoot and of the connections that will be formed during it.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Mallory Wanecque

    Lilly

  2. Timéo Mahaut

    Ryan

  3. Cast 1

    Johan Heldenbergh

    Gabriel

  4. Loïc Pech

    Jessy

  5. Mélina Vanderplancke

    Maylis

  6. Cast 1

    Esther Archambault

    Judith

  7. Cast 1

    Matthias Jacquin

    Victor

  8. Angélique Gernez

    Mélodie

  9. Cast 1

    Dominique Frot

    Ryan's Grandmother

At the risk of sounding snarky, the title of this debut feature from writer-directors Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret could be interpreted in multiple (and unflattering) ways. Suffice it to say, however, this documentary-style drama about a filmmaker seeking to cast his production with nonprofessional actors from a low-income neighborhood (i.e., ghetto) in suburban northern France presents a haphazard mélange of story threads that seem more meandering than insightful or enlightening. The four protagonists who are selected for this fictional work become disapprovingly known as “the worst ones” for...