Partisan

Name: Partisan
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: October 2, 2015
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 50
Cast: Florence Mezzara, Jeremy Chabriel, Vincent Cassel

2015

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Well Go USA Entertainment | Release Date: October 2, 2015 | Not Rated

Starring: Florence Mezzara, Jeremy Chabriel, Vincent Cassel

Summary: Alexander, raised to see the world through Gregori's eyes, is starting to think for himself.

Director: Ariel Kleiman

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 94 min

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The Playlist Jessica Kiang

Jul 13, 2015

It is slow and it is ambiguous but it is supremely sure of itself, as it moves, with singleminded grace from chilly to all-out chilling. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Jul 13, 2015

Casting Cassel as a ruthless villain might seem like a cliche, but Kleiman uses him counterintuitively, locating an avuncular, calming quality in the actor. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Sep 29, 2015

Ariel Kleiman fashions an erotic atmosphere of dusty sensuality that complicates our judgement of this world, but he takes shortcuts. Read full review

Mike D'Angelo

Sep 30, 2015

That sense of mystery definitely keeps Partisan intriguing, though it also creates expectations that Kleiman, who co-wrote the screenplay with Sarah Cyngler, isn’t especially interested in fulfilling. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Susan Wloszczyna

Oct 2, 2015

Partisan, Cassel’s latest movie that smartly keeps his innate menace on a slow, low simmer, isn’t nearly as convincing or compelling as its star. Read full review

David Rooney

Jul 13, 2015

While the systematic corruption of innocents under an outwardly benevolent protector makes for a disturbing scenario, Australian newcomer Ariel Kleiman dulls the unease with his studiedly enigmatic approach. Read full review

Helen T. Verongos

Oct 1, 2015

The screenwriters, Ariel Kleiman (who is also the director) and Sarah Cyngler, have cut their story loose from any real significance, leaving us with Gregori, who has no discernible political views and no unifying beliefs, even delusional ones. Read full review

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HotelCentral

Nov 5, 2017

A 5 may be the highest rating I ever gave to a film that I just could not bear to see through to the end. I got about halfway through and just gave up. The premise of a cult that sends out child assassins is both startling and horrifying, but the film does little or nothing to make meA 5 may be the highest rating I ever gave to a film that I just could not bear to see through to the end. I got about halfway through and just gave up. The premise of a cult that sends out child assassins is both startling and horrifying, but the film does little or nothing to make me believe in the story. Virtually no time is spent in demonstrating that the leader of the cult, Gregori, has the power or ability to lead such a cult, which, by the way, requires him to somehow persuade women to contribute their children, indeed their whole lives, to the activities of the cult, and so the whole thing comes to seem both implausible and very predictable. It's an interesting premise, the acting is OK, the dialog isn't bad, and so I give the film a 5 instead of a 2 or 3. Borrow the DVD from your local library and be sure you have another film available in case you can't sit through Partisan either. I don't recommend that you make the attempt.… Expand

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