Female Film Critics 24/375
As Garance proves many times over, the life of an alcoholic is a disaster for her family, her friends, and her own life. Knowing the statistics on this disease, there is no question that everyone knows or is part of that unfortunate group. As a case in point, French writer/director Jeanne Herry’s Garance/Another Day presents a prime example of a temporarily, moderately functioning alcoholic.
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The life of an alcoholic is horrific. The lives of those who love them are equally bleak. What are the choices? Co-dependent, enabler, or tough love? And, given the many previous stark and sometimes sensationalized films profiling alcoholics, how can a new work dramatize this illness with an instructive, innovative insight? German director Nora Fingscheidt has found a way in The Outrun. The extraordinary, immersive performance of Saoirse Ronan as twenty-nine-year-old Rona and the intricate interweaving of crowded city and isolated country, mythic fables and animated folklore, past and present events lift this poignant look at alcoholism above the mundane.
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