Malvern French Film Centre
English title: The Worst Ones
Director: Lise Akoka
Certificate: 12A
Comedy Drama
2022
Running time: 1hr 39mins
French with English subtitles
A film within a film. A director is shooting in the suburbs of Boulogne-Sur-Mer and causes controversy by casting four local teenagers. Everyone asks: why take the “worst ones”? Is it poverty porn or are they trying to defy the stereotypes? Conscientious and self-effacing, “Les Pires” doesn’t entirely absolve itself of similar charges but does find artistry and honour where others tend not to look.
