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Olivier Barthélémy has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2010s.
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It
2017
Horror · Thriller

Charlie Countryman
2013
Action · Comedy

It Stains the Sands Red
2016
Comedy · Horror

Assassination Nation
2018
Thriller · Horror

Chronicle
2012
Science Fiction · Drama

Secretly, Greatly
2013
Action · Drama

Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead
2014
Horror · Action

Savages
2012
Crime · Drama

Algeria, the 1930s. Younes is nine years old when he is put in his uncle's care in Oran. Rebaptized Jonas, he grows up among the Rio Salado youths, with whom he becomes friends. Emilie is one of the gang; everyone is in love with her. A great love story develops between Jonas and Emilie, which is soon unsettled by the conflicts troubling the country.
Dir. Alexandre Arcady · With Nora Arnezeder, Fu'ad Aït Aattou, Anne Parillaud
Lila, grows up in the high-rises of the Marolles in Brussels. Along with her sister and her friends, she dreams of becoming a dancer and revolutionising the world of hip-hop. While her friends stay in Brussels, Lila leaves everything - comfort, family - behind to go to Paris, where she is certain her persistence will pay off. Except that life in Paris quickly takes an unexpected turn. The woman who dreamed of being a choreographer ends up as a lap dancer in a rap video, and that’s only the beginning of her disillusionment. After a chance meeting with a drama teacher, she bears her heart and soul on stage and begins doing stand-up. This time, her unusual dedication leads her to find her calling. However, she still has to fight one final battle: convincing her father that she has made the right choice.
Dir. Ludovic Colbeau-Justin, Nawell Madani · With Nawell Madani, François Berléand, Mimoun Benabderrahmane
In order to participate with medal options in the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, the national coach of France decides to form a basketball team composed mostly of fake mentally disability. Once in Australia, the fraudsters must fake their disability by living with the other athletes in the Olympic village or by attending the media in the post-match press conference.
Dir. Vianney Lebasque · With Ahmed Sylla, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Camélia Jordana

Propelled to the head of the W Group after the death of his adoptive father, Largo Winch decides, to everyone's surprise, to sell it, and use the proceeds to create an ambitious humanitarian foundation. But on the very same day, he finds himself accused of crimes against humanity by a mysterious witness. To prove his innocence, Largo will have to retrace the steps of his past life, in the heart of the Burmese jungle.
Dir. Jérôme Salle · With Tomer Sisley, Sharon Stone, Ulrich Tukur

Redheaded teen Remy is bullied by his soccer teammates and drawn into fights with his younger sister and mother in their cramped apartment. After a flare-up of domestic violence, he flees home and is tracked down by a bitter guidance counselor, Patrick, also a redhead. Patrick looks upon Remy’s sullen insolence with both sympathy and disdain and decides to toughen him up...
Dir. Romain Gavras · With Vincent Cassel, Olivier Barthélémy, Justine Lerooy
A group of young people leave a disco and bump into a shepherd who is ready to spend his night worshipping Satan.
Dir. Kim Chapiron · With Vincent Cassel, Olivier Barthélémy, Roxane Mesquida