Title: Rodeo
Original Title: Rodéo
Year: 2022
Info
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Length: 105 Minutes (1 hour 45 min)
- Genre: Drama
- Studios: CG Cinéma Canal+
- Distributor: Caramel Films
- Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: April 28 2023
- United States: March 17 2023
Plot
Julia is a young woman, ferocious and independent, who finds in her passion for motorbikes a way of escaping from her everyday life. In the world of urban rodeos they celebrate illegal meetings where bikers risk their lives executing dangerous acrobatics with their bikes. After a casual encounter in one of those rodeos, Julia infiltrates in a clandestine and explosive gang. An ultramasculine group in which she will have to show she's worthy and she will face a series of test more and more dangerous to earn her place in the group.
The film is co-written and directed by Lola Quivoron, French director who's also directed the short films 'Fils du loop' and 'Au loin, Baltimore' and the documentary 'Headshot: Soulette russe'. She's also worked as an actress in 'Undercover'. The other screenwriter is Antonia Buresi, actress who's appeared in 'Planetarium', 'Vampires' and 'Visitors'.
Starring in 'Rodeo' is Julie Ledru in her cinematograhic debut for which she's already been awarded prizes in the Torino Film Festival and de European Film Festival of Seville. Making up the cast are Yanis Lafki, Antonia Buresi, Cody Schroeder, Louis Sotos, Junio Correia, Ahmed Hamdi, Dave Nsaman, MUstapha Dianka, Mojamed Bettahar, Chris Makodi, GIanni Caira, Quentin Arizzi, Brice Straehli y Sébastien Schroeder.
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Trivia
Controversy over a statement
During an interview for Kombini at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, writer/director Lola Quivoron stirred a controversy by claiming that most deaths related to the practice of urban rodeos are due to the police who is acting dangerously when trying to make them stop. In reaction, many politicians made their disagreements known.
Non-professional actors
Most of the actors are non-professional, including of course the main character, Julia, played by Julie Ledru.
How she found the protagonist
Writer/director Lola Quivoron has been immersed in the urban rodeo world for a while and had realized that all riders were men. She had been looking for some time for her lead, and stumbled onto the Julie Ledru account @Inconnue_du_95 on Instagram.
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