‘Another Day’ Review: A Fantastic Adèle Exarchopoulos Boozes Her Way Through a By-the-Numbers Addiction Drama
Adèle Exarchopoulos stars in Jeanne Herry's addiction drama 'Another Day,' portraying a struggling stage actress with a severe alcohol problem. The film explores her chaotic life in Paris, where her addiction affects her relationships and career. Despite its familiar themes, the film offers a compelling performance from Exarchopoulos, though it leans into melodrama.
- ▪Adèle Exarchopoulos plays Garance, a stage actress battling a severe alcohol addiction.
- ▪The film depicts her chaotic life in Paris, including her relationships and struggles with her career.
- ▪Despite its by-the-numbers approach, Exarchopoulos delivers a strong performance in a familiar narrative.
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Adèle 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. More recently, 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.” blogherads.adq.push(function () { blogherads .defineSlot( 'medrec', 'gpt-iw-article-mid-article-uid0' ) .setTargeting( 'pos', ["mid","mid-article1","mid-articleX","mid-article"] ) .setTargeting( 'viewable', 'yes' )…
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