A straightforward tale of overcoming personal and professional challenges with no fancy dressing, Grigris goes down easy but offers nothing remotely fresh.
Grigris
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Chad, France · 2013
1h 41m
Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Starring Souleymane Démé, Anaïs Monory, Cyril Gueï, Marius Yelolo
Genre Drama
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Grigris is a quiet young man who dreams of becoming a dancer despite the fact that he suffers form a malformed withered left leg. His dreams are shattered, however, when his uncle falls seriously ill. To save him, he resolves to work for petrol traffickers.
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The film is easier to admire than it is to invest in emotionally, though its pulse quickens with a dramatic, and boldly untelegraphed, feminist twist in the rural-set final reel.
The Playlist by Kevin Jagernauth
Grigris is the unusual movie that takes a lead's obvious talents, and curiously backgrounds them, hoping for their charisma to carry over to more traditional cinematic purposes.
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
It is a typically calm, lucid drama, presented in the director's unforced, cinematic vernacular and attractively and sympathetically acted.
The Hollywood Reporter by Stephen Dalton
The sleepy-paced, elementally simple plot initially requires a degree of patience, but the story ends up gently absorbing.
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