Say My Name Say My Name: Rapin Conquers Hearts, Minds and VR HeadSets in Wonky Digital Dystopia Piece

After exploring themes of rebirth and reincarnation in her 2019 Bosnian war feature debut, Heroes Don’t Die (read review), Aude Léa Rapin turns her focus to incarceration and a dystopian cyber-futurism world where virtual reality is more than a tool it is a lethal and ethically charged weapon. A French and English-language film medium-budget sci-fi thriller, Planète B. effectively sidesteps your usual world under draconian control and sees Adèle Exarchopoulos and Souheila Yacoub imbuing their characters with a raw vulnerable survivalist energy, but the film’s playful shifts between parallel journeys, dual realities, and interconnected worlds sometimes feels over-stuffed and a bit silly to the point of distraction.…...