Dark Waters, My glory days, Invisible Man ... The films to see or avoid this week

TO HAVE

Dark Waters , drama by Todd Haynes, 2h07

The cows do not feel well. They are aggressive. Their teeth are black. They have a liver of monstrous size. This West Virginia farmer is angry. In 1998, he came to a Cincinnati lawyer with a bunch of exhibits, photos, samples, videotapes. It is certain that the DuPont factory poisons its cattle, pollutes torrents. Problem: the firm has the multinational among its clients. What to do? Todd Haynes, who has been known more as an esthete, films this obstinate hunt, with serene slowness. In gray, greenish landscapes, under leaded skies, a Sisyphus of the bar examines tons of files, confronts cynical and corrupt leaders. An inhabited film.

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My glory days , comedy by Antoine de Bary, 1h39

Adrien, 27, drags his wave to the soul and his gaiters in the streets of Paris. After being successful as a child, he rows to obtain roles. He doesn't have much head. Forget your keys inside your apartment. Must return to live with his parents who are not on better terms. For his first film, Antoine de Bary draws the portrait of a nonchalant loser, the excellent Vincent Lacoste.

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Invisible Man , fantasy film by Leigh Whannell, 2h05

Invisible Man by Australian Leigh Whannell, former smart screenwriter of James Wan (Saw, Insidious), is not there to make boobs laugh. The director turned him into a sort of neo-entrepreneur from Silicon Valley, a violent, narcissistic and manipulative husband. His partner, Cecilia (Elisabeth Moss), often pays the price. While she has left her tyrannical spouse on the floor in her luxurious villa by the sea, she is sure to be followed by an evil presence. Adrian's, she says. Problem, he was found dead at home shortly after Cecilia's run away… This new adaptation of the hero of HG Wells is entering the #MeToo era. Well seen.

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Judy , Rupert Goold's biopic, 1h58

1968, Judy Garland is the shadow of herself. Alcoholic, insomniac, addicted to pills, the ex-teen star of the 1940s does not even have enough money to pay for a hotel room with his children who perform with her. When an English impresario offers him a series of concerts in London, the cornered actress accepts, even if her voice falters. The welcome from the British capital is triumphant, enough to spark off yet another rebirth, a final love. But Judy's demons are never far away. Taken from Peter Quilter's play End of the Rainbow , Rupert Goold's film interweaves Renée Zellweger's vocal prowess and moments of frenzy and distress.

Read also: Renée Zellweger, so far so close to Judy

Cyrille, farmer, 30 years old, 20 cows, milk, butter, debts, documentary by Rodolphe Marconi, 1h25

From 4 am to midnight or more, Cyrille does not stop. Alone to run the small family farm he took over after his father, at the bottom of Auvergne. Rodolphe Marconi's documentary first follows this daily cycle. Feeding, caring for, cleaning, maintaining the equipment, selling dairy products, buying new cows to replace those that are dying ... Little by little, the social background appears: judicial liquidation is under way. Cyrille can no longer cope with the debt created by the loan of 260,000 euros that he had to contract to bring his stable to European standards. Cyrille, farmer, 30 years old, 20 cows, milk, butter, debts brings a touching note to exhausted farmers.

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YOU CAN SEE

The Son of a King , drama by Cheyenne Carron, 2 hours

The unclassifiable Cheyenne Carron makes dream and discuss the youth of suburbs around the monarchical idea. It stages a group of high school students. Teenagers from the suburbs, to whom their history teacher requests a presentation. Elias (Aïmen Derriachi), a brilliant boy who's not too tight, leads Kevin (Arnaud Jouan) to deal with him about a disconcerting subject for National Education: he wants to defend the monarchical idea. Of Moroccan origin, he is shocked by the way the French executed Louis XVI, and he has things to say about royalty and the person of the sovereign, whom he refuses to assimilate to tyranny. Obviously, it is pleasantly incongruous to have republican dogma challenged by a young immigrant who does not claim to be communitarian, but claims to study a political principle. Lively and original.

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Lara Jenkins , drama by Jan-Ole Gerster, 1h38

The day when Jara Jenkins, recently retired, celebrates her sixtieth birthday, is also the day when her son Viktor gives his first concert, as a pianist and composer. But he is unreachable and did not invite his mother. The musical passion serves as a backdrop for a psychological study of the relationships between mother and son, a mixture of rivalry and artistic and emotional frustration. Interesting, but a bit heavy in processing and interpretation.

TO AVOID

L'État sauvage , drama by David Perrault, 1h58

We would not ask for anything better than to let ourselves be taken on board by this feminist western which takes place during the American Civil War. But very quickly, he felt the laborious copy, without personal imagination, without breath but full of clichés.