Bloody Oranges

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Bloody Oranges

2022

1h 42m

Comedy

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19 Reviews

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France, today. Simultaneously, a retired couple overwhelmed by debt tries to win a dance contest, as the minister of economy is suspected of tax evasion, and a teenage girl encounters a sexual maniac, while a young lawyer attempts to climb the social ladder. When the shoe drops, the winner won't necessarily be the one we expected.

Critics Consensus

A mixed bag of citrus, Bloody Oranges delivers a basket of scabrous black humor and provocative violence to those who enjoy WTF fare with a French flair.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

09/12/2022

3/5

Macron’s France gets tied to a chair in a basement and abused in this scabrous and gruesome state-of-the-nation black comedy from Jean-Christophe Meurisse.

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

04/22/2022

“Bloody Oranges” isn’t a heavy-handed polemic. It’s more a genre-hopping experiment: sometimes funny, sometimes terrifying.

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Michael Nordine

Variety

11/10/2021

Few movies swap genres halfway through, and even fewer do so successfully. "Bloody Oranges" does both.

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Martin Unsworth

Starburst

09/19/2022

4/5

There’s a morality to Meurisse’s film and characters get their just deserts as well as a sprinkling of irony.

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Sebastian Scotney

The Arts Desk

09/19/2022

3/5

Bloody Oranges has been described as a comedy. To me that brought to mind a line from Martha in Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: “I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor.” It sums up a very uneven film.

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Rob Aldam

Backseat Mafia

09/13/2022

Bloody Oranges tackles a number of issues and political talking points that are prevalent in modern France. Producing a fascinating, if difficult, social commentary.

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Szymon M

@RT27990293 02/14/2023

The film is very original, has a distinct and clever sense of humor, at times completely changes the atmosphere of the film.

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France, today. Simultaneously, a retired couple overwhelmed by debt tries to win a dance contest, as the minister of economy is suspected of tax evasion, and a teenage girl encounters a sexual maniac, while a young lawyer attempts to climb the social ladder. When the shoe drops, the winner won't necessarily be the one we expected.

Director: Jean-Christophe Meurisse
Producer: Marine Bergère, Romain Daubeach, Alice Girard
Screenwriter: Jean-Christophe Meurisse, Amélie Philippe, Yohann Gloaguen
Distributor: Dark Star Pictures
Production Co: La Région Île-de-France, Région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Rectangle Productions, Cofinova 17, Mamma Roman, Ciné+, Cinémage 15, Canal+, Centre National du Cinéma et de L'image Animée, Les Chiens de Navarre, C8
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 18, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 19, 2022
Runtime: 1h 42m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)