Final Cut
Release poster
Directed byMichel Hazanavicius
Screenplay byMichel Hazanavicius
Based on
One Cut of the Dead
by
  • Shin'ichirō Ueda
  • Ghost in the Box
  • Ryoichi Wada
Produced by
  • Noëmie Devide
  • Brahim Chioua
  • Michel Hazanavicius
  • Vincent Maraval
  • Alaine de la Mata
  • John Penotti
Starring
CinematographyJonathan Ricquebourg
Edited by
  • Mickaël Dumontier
  • Michel Hazanavicius
Music byAlexandre Desplat
Production
companies
  • Getaway Films
  • La Classe Américaine
  • SK Global Entertainment
  • Bluelight
Distributed byPan Distribution
Release date
  • 17 May 2022 (2022-05-17)
Running time
111 minutes[1]
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget€4 million[2]
Box office$2.1 million[3]

Final Cut (French: Coupez !) is a 2022 zombie comedy film directed by Michel Hazanavicius. It is a French remake of the 2017 Japanese film One Cut of the Dead. It stars Romain Duris and Bérénice Bejo. The film revolves around a crew remaking the film depicted in the original film. Yoshiko Takehara reprises her role as a producer.[4]

The film was released in France on 17 May 2022, and for screening at the Cannes Film Festival as its opening film the same day.[5]

Cast

[1][6]

Production

Hazanavicius came on board the project during the first COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 after producer Vincent Maraval acquired the remake rights and approached him.[2][6] Filming began on 19 April 2021 in Paris.[7][8][9]

Release

The film was scheduled to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2022, but it was pulled from the festival after in-person screenings were cancelled in response to a surge in COVID-19 cases.[10] It was subsequently announced that it would premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Originally scheduled on 15 June 2022, the nationwide release in France was moved up to 17 May 2022, the same day as the festival premiere.[5] In April 2022, the Ukrainian Institute urged the festival and Hazanavicius to rename the film's French title, Z (comme Z), as the letter Z had become a militaristic symbol in support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Hazanavicius at first said it was too late to change the title but he made sure that the film would be referred to exclusively by the international title, Final Cut, during the festival.[11] However, on 25 April 2022, it was announced that the French title was changed to Coupez !.[12]

Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 71% of 45 critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 5.8/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Although it'll be more satisfying to viewers who haven't already seen the original, Final Cut offers playfully entertaining meta commentary on the art of the remake."[13] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 51 out of 100 based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[14]

Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian called the film "an entertaining piece of work - and a genuine oddity, ostensibly about cinema, but more about the live theatre experience. It may yet have found a way to breathe new life into the zombie genre itself."[15] Conversely, Owen Gleiberman of Variety called it "the first Hazanavicius movie where the filmmaker seems barely in control of what he’s doing. It’s a messy and annoying one-joke movie that repeats the joke over and over again."[16]

References

  1. ^ a b "Coupez". Pan Distribution. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b Kohn, Eric (17 May 2022). "Why Michel Hazanavicius Expects Audience to Boo His Cannes Opening Night Film 'Final Cut'". IndieWire. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Final Cut (2022)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved July 16, 2023.Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ 「カメラを止めるな！」フランス版リメイク邦題は「キャメラを止めるな！」 カンヌ映画祭オープニング作品に. Eiga.com (in Japanese). 27 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  5. ^ a b Algan, Aysegül (13 April 2022). "La Pan-Européenne repart en distribution". Boxoffice. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Press kit". Wild Bunch. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  7. ^ Baronnet, Brigitte (23 March 2021). "Michel Hazanavicius : un film de zombies en préparation pour le réalisateur d'OSS 117". AlloCiné. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  8. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (30 April 2021). "Michel Hazanavicius' 'Final Cut' begins shoot in Paris, Bérénice Bejo joins cast (exclusive)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  9. ^ Lemercier, Fabien (3 May 2021). "Michel Hazanavicius is shooting comedy horror Final Cut". Cineuropa. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  10. ^ Kay, Jeremy (10 January 2022). "Michel Hazanavicius zombie comedy 'Final Cut' pulled from Sundance". Screen Daily. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  11. ^ Bałaga, Marta (22 April 2022). "Ukrainian Institute Slams French Title of Cannes Opener 'Z (Comme Z)' Saying It Invokes Russian Pro-War Symbol (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  12. ^ Baudouard, Sophie (25 April 2022). "Z (comme Z) change de titre et devient "Coupez !"". Première. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  13. ^ "Final Cut". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  14. ^ "Final Cut Reviews". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  15. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (2022-05-17). "Final Cut (Coupez!) review – Hazanavicius's silly, splattery zombie horror meta-farce". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  16. ^ Gleiberman, Owen (2022-05-17). "'Final Cut (Coupez!)' Review: Cannes Opens With an Annoying Zombie Comedy Misfire". Variety. Retrieved 2023-07-05.

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