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‘The Restless’ Review: Damien Bonnard and Leïla Bekhti Deliver Cannes’ Two Top Performances
Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticNo one utters the word “bipolar” until practically the end of Belgian director Joachim Lafosse’s “The Restless,” but you can sense that’s what the character of Damien is dealing with from the opening scene, when a father-son day on the sea takes a startling turn. After steering a rented boat a certain distance off shore, the ever-impulsive Damien (an astonishing, exhausting performance from Damien Bonnard) spontaneously dives overboard, leaving his boy Amine (Gabriel Merz Chammah) alone at the helm.
