The Apparition
Theatrical release poster
FrenchL'Apparition
Directed byXavier Giannoli
Written by
Produced byOlivier Delbosc
Starring
CinematographyÉric Gautier
Edited byCyril Nakache
Production
companies
Distributed byMemento Films
Release date
  • 14 February 2018 (2018-02-14) (France)
Running time
144 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Belgium
  • Jordan
Languages
  • French
  • English
  • German
  • Italian
Budget$9.7 million [1]
Box office$3.6 million[2]

The Apparition (French: L'Apparition) is an internationally co-produced drama film, directed by Xavier Giannoli, from a screenplay by Giannoli, Jacques Fieschi and Marcia Romano. It stars Vincent Lindon, Galatea Bellugi, Patrick d'Assumçao, Elina Löwensohn, Gérard Dessalles, Bruno Georis and Claude Lévêque.

It was released in France on 14 February 2018, by Memento Films.

Plot

A respected journalist is summoned by the Vatican to investigate a young girl who claims to have seen an apparition of the Virgin Mary in a remote village in southern France.

Cast

Production

In January 2017, it was announced Vincent Lindon, Galatea Bellugi and Patrick d'Assumçao had joined the cast of the film, with Xavier Giannoli directing from a screenplay he wrote, alongside Jacques Fieschi and Marcia Romano.[3]

Release

The film was released in France on 14 February 2018, by Memento Films.[4] In February 2018, Music Box Films acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film.[5] It was released in the United States on 7 September 2018.[6]

Critical reception

The Apparition received positive reviews from film critics. It holds a 73% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 44 reviews, with an average of 6.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The Apparition intrigues on a purely narrative level while also managing to tackle thorny questions of faith with suitably sober intelligence."[7] On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 64 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[8]

References

  1. ^ https://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=17777
  2. ^ "The Apparition". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  3. ^ Lemercier, Fabien (12 January 2017). "The Apparition: Vincent Lindon on Xavier Giannoli's set". Cineuropa. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  4. ^ Hopewell, John; Keslassy, Elsa (17 January 2018). "UniFrance Rendez-Vous: Memento's 'The Apparition,' from France's Xavier Giannoli, Sells Most of World (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  5. ^ Kay, Jeremy (27 February 2018). "Music Box Films announces EFM pick-up 'The Apparition' (exclusive)". Screen International. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  6. ^ "The Apparition". Music Box Films. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  7. ^ "The Apparition". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  8. ^ "The Apparition Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

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