Improbable encounters bring tenderness, laughter and compassion to a world of urban alienation.
The take
This dark French comedy is set in a neglected building in a working-class neighborhood. The elevator breaks and every tenant agrees to pay to fix it, except for the person who lives on the first floor. The neighbors go through with the reparations without the first-floor tenant, on the condition he never uses the elevator. Everything is fine until an incident puts him in a wheelchair.
Comments
UP NEXT
UP NEXT
UP NEXT
More like this in
Climax (2018)
7.1
Before The Rain (1994)
A puzzling but rewarding introduction to Macedonian cinema
7.8
Toni Erdmann (2016)
7.9
Delicatessen (1991)
The best synchronized chaotic film you’ll ever see
8.0
The Science of Sleep (2006)
7.2
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
7.6
Falling in Love Like in Movies (2023)
A contemplative Indonesian romance film that rewrites and re-examines the genre’s conventions
8.4
River (2023)
A delightful and ultimately life-affirming Japanese time loop comedy clearly made with love
8.8
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
A star-studded and riveting legal drama with a blockbuster feel.
8.1
Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal (2024)
WWE’s best effort to pay tribute to Windham “Bray Wyatt” Rotunda