Acid | |
---|---|
![]() | |
French | Acide |
Directed by | Just Philippot |
Written by |
|
Based on | Acid by Just Philippot |
Produced by |
|
Starring |
|
Cinematography | Pierre Dejon[1] |
Edited by | Pierre Deschamps[1] |
Music by | Robin Coudert |
Production companies |
|
Distributed by | Pathé |
Release dates |
|
Running time | 99 minutes[1] |
Countries |
|
Language | French |
Box office | $2.5 million[2] |
Acid (French: Acide; released in the Philippines as Acid Rain)[3][4] is a 2023 French-language fantasy drama film directed by Just Philippot from a screenplay by Philippot and Yacine Badday. The film is a co-production between France and Belgium.[5] It is an expansion of Philippot's 2018 short film of the same name.[6]
The film premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2023. It was released in France on 20 September 2023.
During a heat wave, strange clouds start pouring down acid rain, wreaking devastation and panic throughout France. In a world teetering on the edge, a girl and her divorced parents must join forces to confront and try to escape this climate catastrophe.[1]
Acid was produced Yves Darondeau, Emmanuel Priou and Clément Renouvin for Bonne Pioche Cinéma and by Ardavan Safaee for Pathé Films.[5][7] It was co-produced by France 3 Cinéma, Guillaume Canet's Caneo Films, Belgium's Umedia, and Logical Content Ventures.[5][8][9]
Principal photography began on 7 March 2022, under the working title Eau Forte.[10][11][12] Between 24 March and 7 April 2022, filming took place in Pecqueuse, Essonne.[13]
Filming also took place in Belgium.[14] Filming took place in Visé between 11 and 26 April 2022, with the Pont de Lanaye closed to facilitate the production.[15][16] Filming also took place in fort d'Emines, Namur Province,[17] and in Braine-le-Comte, Hainaut Province, including in the Bois de la Houssière on 26 and 27 April 2022.[18] Filming concluded in the middle of the night of 10 May 2022.[19]
The music for the film was composed by Robin Coudert.[20]
The film was selected to be screened out of competition in the Midnights Screenings section at the 76th Cannes Film Festival,[21] where it had its world premiere on 21 May 2023.[22]
The film was theatrically released in France on 20 September 2023 by Pathé.[23] In the Philippines, the film was released by Pioneer Films as Acid Rain on 17 January 2024.[3][24]
Acid received an average rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars on the French website AlloCiné, based on 36 reviews.[25]
Reviewing the film following its Cannes premiere, Tim Grierson of Screen International recognized the film's mélange of genres: "Philippot combines aspects of the disaster film and the domestic drama, approaching each genre with understatement to deliver a modest study of personal and societal upheaval – and refusing to offer tidy resolutions on either front."[7]
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
César Awards | 23 February 2024 | Best Visual Effects | Thomas Duval | Pending | [26] [27] |