 where conceiving of a stable future becomes more and more arduous. Comedy becomes a way for the director to critique a generation that has created a society in which dreaming is no longer such a reasonable proposition.
A similar generational confrontation happens in the conveniently titled “Jeunesse” (literally “youth,” but translated as “The Young One”). Julien Samani’s first feature is an adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s short story of the same name. Zico, the adventurous 20-year-old man at the center of the story, is a dreamer seeking to “do something great.” But when he enters in La Judée, the imposing boat in which he hopes to find a job and that could lead him to the places he wants to go, he faces the reluctance of the captain and his right-hand-man, José (played by a disturbing, dark-eyed Samir Guesmi).
As with “The Apple in My Eye,” an impromptu job interview becomes the framing device for compulsive belittling and questioning of the young one’s aspirations and skills. Zico aspires to become a captain, but nobody takes him seriously. The hierarchy eventually shifts after a tragic event, but Zico’s arduous journey speaks to a reality facing many young people in France today: the incapacity to have positions of power in every sphere of society.
In this survival boat movie, Zico loses his innocence — an obligatory passage toward adulthood — during one tumultuous night. That process is also central to Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar’s “Le Ciel Attendra,” which explores the question of jihadism and terrorism seven years after Bruno Dumont’s eerily prescient “Hadewijch.”
At this point, it’s no secret that ISIS has focused its recruitment efforts on France. And various attacks over the past two years were perpetrated by young people, mainly young men. Mention-Schaar’s film puts a face to this tragic phenomenon, and it’s not what you might expect: The future ISIS fighter in “Le Ciel Attendra” is a young white girl; she’s middle class, well-fed and well-educated. But that doesn’t stop her from being vulnerable to online propaganda. The youth culture represented in “Le Ciel Attendra” is all too gullible. The power of ISIS propaganda compelled would-be recruits to question their own lifestyles, primarily due to the manipulation of images and the broadcast of videos on social media platforms. “La Ciel Attendra” captures this tendency in narrative form.
More generally, the specter of terrorism has been hard to ignore at this year’s festival. Locarno president Marco Solari addressed the threat head-on prior to an opening night screening at the outdoor Piazza Grande venue, assigning a political significance to the event. But what can a film festival do to combat the rage of a terrorist organization? “La Ciel Attendra” provides one answer: Cinema has a role to play in combatting a propaganda role determined by the manipulation of images. As governments and corporations are failing and refusing to erect new worlds for the future generations, French cinema has a duty to fight back by putting these stories in context.
And that’s why, in spite of some bright spots, this year’s French cinema in Locarno fell short of measuring up to our troubled times. “The Apple of My Eye” has some nice moments, but it’s obsessed with the idea of creating bonds between its characters as they form a strange community, and the film ends on a strangely conservative note. “Le Ciel Attendra” might be useful as a starting point for understanding the process of radicalization, but its flat, televisual look does the story no favors. Only “Jeunesse” distinguishes itself by the creation of this romantic character, Zico, who has admirable capacities of survival and resistance.
So are the French kids alright? These movies suggests that they’re getting there. Their generation must adapt to the threat of terrorism. This idea that it could be any of us on its receiving end is slowly working its way into the minds of more young adults; the ensuing anxieties and confusion is bound to inspire more books, films and other artistic responses. These are just the latest examples — and it’s a good start.
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Actor and musician Chord Overstreet has landed the recurring role of Sam, a McKinley High jock who starts off as Finn's protégé but slowly becomes his competition.
Overstreet, who has guest-starred on iCarly and appears in the pilot for ABC's upcoming series No Ordinary Family, will make his Glee debut in the season premiere.
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