Victor Young Perez

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Victor "Young" Perez
Directed byJacques Ouaniche
Written byYoni Darmon
Jacques Ouaniche
Produced byNeil Kafsky
StarringBrahim Asloum
Isabella Orsini
Bruce Payne
CinematographyPierre-Yves Bastard
Edited byEmmanuelle Mimran
Production
companies
France 3 Cinema
Mazel Productions
Noe Productions
Release date
  • 20 November 2013 (2013-11-20) (France)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$588,109[1]

Victor "Young" Perez , also known as Surviving Auschwitz in the United Kingdom,

boxer and Auschwitz concentration camp prisoner Victor Perez.[3] The film was directed by Jacques Ouaniche, written by Jacques Ouaniche and Yoni Darmon,[4] and stars Brahim Asloum as Perez, with Isabella Orsini and Bruce Payne
in supporting roles.

Plot

Victor "Young" Perez tells the astonishing, harrowing and poignant story of a

death march that left the camp on January 18, 1945.[5]

Cast

Release and reception

The film was released in France on 20 November 2013.[6] According to film critic Virgil Dumez, 'despite obvious stylistic blunders, Victor Young Perez takes the viewer through the evocative power of its history and therefore wins by KO after an unequal battle, but pretty exciting'.[7] Dennis Harvey stated that the film was 'enjoyable if unmemorable, so long as it portrays the life of its titular figure' but turned 'heavy-handed, however, when dealing with his death' as the tragic tale is blunted by the stereotypical 'portrayal of sneering Nazi sadism'.[8] Jordan Mintzer stated that 'while many filmmakers would find tragedy in the simple fact that Perez wound up in a death camp, the director piles on the schmaltz here in one ill-advised scene after another, leading to a gruesome, final brawl with a beefy German that turns the horrors of Auschwitz into a spectacle worthy of Rocky IV'.[9] A different reviewer stated that the film contains 'an impressive story that in the hands of debutant Ouaniche has unfortunately turned into a half-hearted melodrama that is almost exclusively populated by uninteresting stereotypes'.[10] Noémie Luciani stated that 'the too numerous, too clumsy dialogues tend to turn against the film'.[11] In contrast, Yvonne Kozlovsky Golan stated that the film highlighted the 'WWII experience of North African Jewry' in a 'clear and understandable, emotionally and consciously accessible manner'.[12]

Home media

In the United Kingdom, it was 2016's best-selling

Hong Kong action film Ip Man 3 in second place.[2]

Awards and honors

2013
São Paulo International Film Festival.
Nominated 'Best Feature Film' Category
2014
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Nominated 'Best International Feature' Category

References

  1. ^ "Victor Young Perez - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b Statistical Yearbook 2017 (PDF). United Kingdom: British Film Institute (BFI). 2017. pp. 140–1. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  3. ^ Macnab, Geoffrey (15 May 2013). "Picture Tree grows slate". Screen Daily. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Victor Young Perez". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  5. ^ "Victor Young Perez (2013) - IMDb". IMDb.
  6. ^ "Victor Young Perez". myfrenchfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  7. ^ Dumez, Virgil. "VICTOR YOUNG PEREZ - THE MOVIE REVIEW". avoir-alire.com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  8. ^ Harvey, Dennis (19 February 2014). "Film Review: 'Victor Young Perez'". Variety. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  9. ^ Mintzer, Jordan (21 November 2013). "Victor Young Perez: Film Review". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Victor Young Perez". vprogids.nl. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  11. ^ Luciani, Noémie (19 November 2013). ""Victor Young Perez": the boxer with the lead gloves". lemonde.fr. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  12. ISBN 9789004395626
    . Retrieved 28 October 2020.

External links
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