• A teenage girl falls in love with a girl from a rival gang.

  • "The Best" describes the evolution of their relationship in a universe that will not accept it.

  • This first film offers superb roles to two amazing young actresses.

It is already not easy to fall in love for the first time.

So falling in love with a girl when you are a girl, of North African origin moreover, in the Parisian district of Barbès, this further complicates the life of the heroine of the

Best

, a first film discovered at the Angoulême Festival.

 The idea for the film was born at the time of the demonstrations on the

“ 

Marriage for all

 ”

, explains the director Marion Desseigne-Ravel.

Teenagers in the neighborhood took me to task on the question of homosexuality.

I told them that I was in a relationship with a woman, which opened up a space for dialogue between us.

She borrows from the codes of the western with its questions of territory – roof of a refuge building, square or bench – to build a tender love story in the face of a disgusting lesbophobia.

An accomplice duo for the freedom to love

Lina El Arabi (discovered in

Noces

by Stephan Streker) and the debutante Esther Bernet-Rollande, amazing, win the heart of the spectator thanks to complementary performances.

We are quick to let ourselves be carried away by this accomplice duo whose relationship we want to see triumph over all discrimination and all communitarianism.

These young girls who learn to be free and to accept themselves as they are bring something invigorating.

We are easily won over by their desire to live against all odds.

The Best

will not only interest young city dwellers, but also adults, of all genders and all origins.

Marion Desseigne-Ravel reveals the beautiful nature of a filmmaker with a look that is as acute as it is generous.

Looking forward to the rest of his filmography!

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