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Rester vertical | |
Directed by | Alain Guiraudie |
Produced by | Sylvie Pialat Benoît Quainon |
Written by | Alain Guiraudie |
Starring | Damien Bonnard India Hair Raphaël Thiéry |
Cinematography | Claire Mathon |
Edited by | Jean-Christophe Hym |
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Les Films du Worso
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Distributed by | Les Films du Losange |
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Running time
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100 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Budget | €3.8 million |
Box office | US$439,963 |
Staying Vertical (French: Rester vertical) is a 2016 French drama film written and directed by Alain Guiraudie. The story follows a filmmaker who has to raise a child (whom he had with a shepherdess) by himself whilst seeking inspiration for his new film. The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.
Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 65%, based on 23 reviews, with an average score of 6.2/10. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a score of 60 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".