Macadam Stories
Writer-director Samuel Benchetrit's fifth feature film release is an urban comedy-drama about the lonely inhabitants of a council estate. Based on the director's own autobiography and starring Isabelle Huppert, Gustave Kervern and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi.
"A broken elevator, a man in a wheelchair, an astronaut and an actress with shattered dreams. With a housing complex as a backdrop, [Benchetrit] depicts three stories about the unsteadiness of life. With poetic, comic and non-conventional perspectives he paints a tender portrait of human relations." (Stockholm Film Festival)
Less2015Rating: M, Offensive language100 minsFranceFrench with English subtitles
ComedyWorld Cinema
- Director:
- Samuel Benchetrit ('I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster')
- Writer:
- Samuel Benchetrit
- Cast:
- Isabelle HuppertGustave KervernValeria Bruni TedeschiTassadit MandiJules BenchetritMichael PittMickaël GraehlingLarouci Didi
Macadam Stories | Reviews
100%6 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® Score
All reviews on Rotten Tomatoes
Hollywood Reporter
A quirky and endearing urban dramedy set within a run-down French apartment house, Macadam Stories (Asphalte) marks a strong fifth feature from the otherwise inconsistent writer-director-actor Samuel Benchetrit (I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster).
Full reviewMacadam Stories | Release Details
Macadam Stories is available to stream in New Zealand now on Academy On Demand and Beamafilm and AroVision.