‘Another Day’ Review: Adèle Exarchopoulos Gives an Understated and Deeply Lived-In Performance in Jeanne Herry’s Graceful Alcoholism Drama
Adèle Exarchopoulos plays Garance, a young actress whose alcoholism goes unnoticed as Herry traces her recovery one day at a time.
- Writer-Director Jeanne Herry's latest film, 'Another Day', premieres as a Cannes Competition entry, portraying Garance, a talented Parisian actress navigating life as a functioning alcoholic.
- Adèle Exarchopoulos delivers an authentic performance as Garance, with the narrative unfolding fluidly over eight years, capturing her personal revolution amid professional and romantic struggles.
- Herry filmed across 60 different settings to capture Garance's refusal to acknowledge her addiction, even as her partner Pauline and others encourage intervention.
- A pivotal intervention scene depicts the grueling aftermath of losing control, as a medical professional warns that Garance's liver damage necessitates immediate cessation.
- Joining a cinematic tradition from 'The Lost Weekend' to '28 Days', the film emphasizes that recovery is a journey to be taken one day at a time.
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From 12 to 23 May, our special envoy on the Croisette delivers his totally subjective opinion on the films unveiled in the world preview. Today: "Garance", Jeanne Herry's new feature film after "I'll always see your faces". The portrait of an alcoholic actress performed by the stunning Adèle Exarchopoulos. - Cannes 2026: Adèle Exarchopoulos in "Garance" ? It's champagne! (Culture, media and entertainment).
‘Another Day’ Review: Adèle Exarchopoulos Shines as a Woman Under the Influence in an Otherwise Loose-Limbed Portrait of a Functioning Alcoholic
Jeanne Herry's 'Another Day' stars Adèle Exarchopoulos stars as a struggling thespian who can’t put don’t the bottle long enough to sustain a job.
‘Another Day’ Review: A Fantastic Adèle Exarchopoulos Boozes Her Way Through a By-the-Numbers Addiction Drama
Titled "Garance" in French after its lead heroine, Jeanne Herry's numbing portrait of alcoholism stars Exarchopoulos as a flailing stage actress who falls down again and again, and finally, one last time.
The director Jeanne Herry presented her new film, "Garance", in competition, with Adèle Exarchopoulos and Sara Giraudeau on Sunday evening, May 17. A drama about "a real public health problem" in the theatre on September 23.
‘Another Day’ Review: Adèle Exarchopoulos Gives an Understated and Deeply Lived-In Performance in Jeanne Herry’s Graceful Alcoholism Drama
From Billy Wilder’s “The Lost Weekend” to the Sandra Bullock-starrer “28 Days” and beyond, cinema has a long tradition of substance abuse and recovery stories. There is something inherently cinematic and moving about a struggling person’s by-the-bootstraps journey to healing, with a lifetime’s worth of trials and tribulations. Just two years ago, Nora Fingscheidt’s tough […]
This Sunday evening in Competition at the 79th Cannes Film Festival, Jeanne Herry was back with her actress from "I'll always see your faces" for a fantastic portrait of a young solar woman, but locked in the addiction. ...
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