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Five

Five

Comedy · 2016

A young man paying the rent for himself and his lifelong friends ends up flat-broke and resorts to selling marijuana to pay the bills – only to get caught up in the dangerous world of drugs.

Movie details

Five

2016 Comedy 1h 42m

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7.0 / 10

Community rating

A young man paying the rent for himself and his lifelong friends ends up flat-broke and resorts to selling marijuana to pay the bills – only to get caught up in the dangerous world of drugs.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Five?

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Igor Gotesman

Written by

Mathieu Oullion · Igor Gotesman · Alice Vial

Pierre Niney

Pierre Niney

Samuel

François Civil

François Civil

Timothée

Igor Gotesman

Igor Gotesman

Vadim

Margot Bancilhon

Margot Bancilhon

Julia

Idrissa Hanrot

Idrissa Hanrot

Nestor

Pascal Demolon

Pascal Demolon

Barnabé, le père de Sophie

Michèle Moretti

Michèle Moretti

Mme Simon

Court is in session

Put Five on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.