Fracture (2010 TV Movie) User Reviews (2)

A captivating "banlieue" drama

[atrotet-2 · 8/10 · 20 July 2012]

Sometimes being an expatriated french living in an Anglo world for more than 10 years, can be an advantage in finding awesome french movies. No expectations or exposure to critics. stumbled upon it on this famous video streaming social network and just kept watching it because it was captivating... In France this would pass almost unnoticed due to the sheer number of motion pictures released considering that it is a TV production.

Now a 'telefilm', might not have the same ambitions and budget than the big productions, but it still can be a very good movie and even a masterpiece. I am not an expert in cinema, however I have found "Fracture" to be an entertaining experience. The themes that it covers are nothing new for french society, suburbs, integration, violence/riots, racism, religion. Many movies since the 90's have touched those subjects, with various success. And "Fracture" does a good job of telling a story that still surprise you with some good acting from mostly unknown actors. The kids all do a good job (not always a fan of the performance of kids) as do the main actors Anaïs Demoustier and Samy Seghir. The script is carefully written and I like the progression of the storytelling. Nothing amazing with the camera work and general photography, not that you would expect so from such movies, but all my credits go to the director and production team for being able to still deliver. Last, I read on this website, after viewing the entire film that, it was made by an anti-racism government organism in France. And I believe the intention is that it should makes you think and it surely does that. At least to me :) Then again my personal impressions may be different than yours. If you read this I believe you either are french/francophone or learning/practicing french as I do not believe there would be subtitles. Maybe I am wrong. But if I am not it would be a good job for SBS, a public channel here in Australia, or Arte in Europe.

A sort of french black board jungle.

[searchanddestroy-1 · 26 December 2010]

The gripping tale of a young replacement teacher who just arrives in a suburb high school. Socially underprivileged suburbs, of course. With all the problems you can imagine she will have to deal with.

Realistic, powerful, but perhaps too much "oriented", with many clichés we all expect from this kind of topic, that movie made for TV surprises the audiences with characters who play in a different way they could offer in a classical feature. It makes us think very deeply about many day to day problems for the usual people from the immigration. And not only but the teachers too, who have to face their daily struggle to be respected and doing their duty. Many of them quit this jungle.

A genuine depressing story that hits you in the face.

But not totally hopeless.

It reminds me : "LA JOURNEE DE LA JUPE".