Synopsis
Lise (16 years old) is accused of murdering her best friend. As the trial starts, her parents stand right by her side. But once her secret life is revealed in court, the truth becomes indistinguishable.
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Cast
- Melissa GuersLise
- Chiara MastroianniCéline
- Anaïs DemoustierL'Avocat Général
- Roschdy ZemBruno
- Annie MercierL'Avocate de Lise
- Pascal GarbariniLe président du tribunal
- Carlo FerranteAvocat des parties civiles
- Victoria JadotNoémie
- Paul Aïssaoui-CuvelierJules
- Anne PaulicevichLa mère de Flora
Recommendations
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CineVue
Despite its bland paperback title, French writer-director Stéphane Demoustier proves hasty assumptions wrong with his gripping, thoughtful third feature, courtroom drama The Girl with a Bracelet. - 80
NME
The Girl with a Bracelet is a clever, relevant film which makes you question the way society expects young women to behave. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
What Demoustier has done here, and done quite successfully, is taken a basic mystery plot, like something out of a TV movie, and used it to ponder how each one of us could react to a ghastly crime, and how we expect others to react in turn. - 80
The Observer (UK)
Demoustier dangles doubts, but also raises questions about the difference between judgment and justice. The score acts as our guide through the story: neat, self-possessed string arrangements occasionally fray into something jagged, raw-edged and nervy. - 70
Variety
The Girl With a Bracelet comments intelligently on our culture’s propensity to sex-shame and emotionally instruct young women in particular — points which stand regardless of whether shedunnit or not. - 60
The Guardian
Viewers may be split on the question of exactly how satisfying it all is in the end. The performances are strong.
