'Another Day' Review: Adèle Exarchopoulos Delivers a Raw Performance in Jeanne Herry's Addiction Drama
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Summary
A review of Jeanne Herry's film 'Another Day' starring Adèle Exarchopoulos as an alcoholic actress who hits rock bottom. The review discusses Exarchopoulos's career trajectory, her powerful performance in the film, and how the movie handles the addiction drama genre with a focus on the lead's compelling portrayal of a woman in crisis.
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· 3 pulledAdèle Exarchopoulos is one of those actresses whose overwhelming beauty and restless curiosity from role to role make her ever addictive to watch.
She debased herself into winning a rightful Palme d'Or for the problematic lesbian story 'Blue Is the Warmest Color,' where she gave an immense performance that changed her life but likely also scarred it.
Ira Sachs turned her sultry, pouty mien into an entire character of its own as the discarded third wheel of an otherwise gay male love triangle in his bruising French love affair 'Passages.'
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