Scarlet (film)

2022 film

Scarlet

Directed by| Pietro Marcello
Written by|

* Pietro Marcello
* Maurizio Braucci
* Maud Ameline
* Geneviève Brisac

Produced by| Charles Gillibert
Starring|

* Raphaël Thiéry
* Juliette Jouan
* Louis Garrel
* Noémie Lvovsky
* Ernst Umhauer
* François Négret
* Yolande Moreau

Cinematography| Marco Graziaplena
Music by| Gabriel Yared

Production
companies

* CG Cinema
* Avventurosa
* Rai Cinema
* Wise Pictures
* Hype Film
* The Match Factory
* Arte

Distributed by| Le Pacte

Release date

* 18 May 2022 (2022-05-18) (Cannes)

Running time

| 100 minutes[1]
Countries|

* France
* Italy
* Germany
* Russia

Language| French
Box office| $450,213[2]

Scarlet (French: L'envol, lit. 'Flight') is a 2022 drama film, directed by Pietro Marcello, from a screenplay by Marcello, Maurizio Braucci, Maud Amelin, and Geneviève Brisac. It is loosely based on Scarlet Sails, a 1923 novel by Alexander Grin. It stars Raphaël Thiéry, Juliette Jouan, Louis Garrel, Noémie Lvovsky, Ernst Umhauer, François Négret and Yolande Moreau. It was a French-led production with co-production companies in Italy, Germany and Russia.

It had its world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2022, in the Directors Fortnight section.

## Cast

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* Raphaël Thiéry as Raphaël
* Juliette Jouan as Juliette
* Louis Garrel as Jean
* Noémie Lvovsky as Adeline
* Ernst Umhauer as Renaud
* François Négret as Fernand
* Yolande Moreau as The magician
* Lolita Chammah as the wife of Renaud

## Production

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In April 2021, it was announced Juliette Jouan, Raphaël Thiéry, Louis Garrel, and Noémie Lvovsky had joined the cast of the film, with Pietro Marcello directing from a screenplay he wrote, with Arte set to produce.[3] In August 2021, Ernst Umhauer, François Négret and Yolande Moreau joined the cast of the film.[4]

Principal photography began in August 2021.[5]

## Release

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It had its world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2022, in the Directors Fortnight section.[6] The film was invited in Gala Presentation section of 27th Busan International Film Festival to be screened in October 2022.[7]

## Reception

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### Critical reception

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 79% of 10 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7/10. The website's consensus reads: "Its many disparate ingredients come together in a somewhat lumpy blend, but Scarlet remains a largely bewitching period fantasy."[8] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 74 out of 100, based on ten critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[9]

## References

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1. ^ "Scarlet". Directors Fortnight. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
2. ^ "Scarlet (2023)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
3. ^ Raup, Jordan (12 April 2021). "Martin Eden Director Pietro Marcello Sets Next Narrative Feature with L'Enovl Starring Louis Garrel & More". The Film Stage. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
4. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (19 August 2021). "Pietro Marcello Kicks Off French-Language Feature Debut 'Scarlet' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
5. ^ "Pietro Marcello is shooting Scarlet in France". Cineuropa. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
6. ^ Roxborough, Scott (15 April 2022). "French Period Drama 'Scarlet' to Open Cannes Directors' Fortnight". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
7. ^ Patrick Frater (September 7, 2022). "Tony Leung to be Feted as Asian Filmmaker of the Year at Busan Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
8. ^ "Scarlet". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
9. ^ "Scarlet Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 4 July 2023.

## External links

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* Official website
* Scarlet at IMDb
* Scarlet at Rotten Tomatoes
* Scarlet at Metacritic

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Pietro Marcello

Films directed|

* The Mouth of the Wolf (2009)
* Lost and Beautiful (2015)
* Martin Eden (2019)
* Scarlet (2022)
* Duse (2025)

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