Rent Amin (2018)
3.3 of 5 from 72 ratings
1h 31min
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- Synopsis:
Amin (Moustapha Mbengue) works as a hired hand for a building company based in a Paris suburb. He lives in a hostel that he shares with other African immigrants including a Moroccan co-worker who, unlike Amin, cannot adjust to his circumstances. That's not to say Amin doesn't miss home in Senegal and his wife and three children, to whom he sends money and whatever gifts he can afford. Then he encounters Gabrielle (Emmanuelle Devos), a middle-aged French divorcee whose house Amin has been hired to renovate. As time passes, an intimacy develops between the two and they gradually open up to each other about their lives. Faucon's film revels in the details of Amin's life and is aided in no small part by Mbengue and Devos' moving performances. - Actors:
- Moustapha Mbengue, Emmanuelle Devos, Mareme N'Diaye, Noureddine Benallouche, Moustapha Naham, Jalal Quarriwa, Laurent Lecêtre, Katy Ndiaye, Emilie Gavois-Kahn, Moustapha Sow, Ouidad Elma, Christine Dir, Loubna Abidar, Jihade Sikouk, Christopher Gendreau, Alain Stach, Adama Diakité, Anas Akbli, Fantine Harduin, Samuel Churin
- Directors:
- Philippe Faucon
- Producers:
- Philippe Faucon, Yasmina Nini-Faucon
- Writers:
- Philippe Faucon, Yasmina Nini-Faucon, Mustapha Kharmoudi
- Studio:
- New Wave Films
- Genres:
- Drama
- Countries:
- France
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A triangle of tensions - Amin review by JS
Amin is a migrant worker in France living in a hostel. There is a little tension here as they are separated from family connections.
He is a labourer and, because it is a film, forms an unlikely relationship with a separated French lady he gardens for upsetting daughter, husband and neighbours.
The real tension emanates from the family at home in Senegal. But we don't see enough of this. His wife wants to come to France where she believes there will be a better life for her and 4 children and allow her to escape the moral code imposed on women whose husband's work overseas.
Film doesn't quite match up to the interpersonal challenges.
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