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‘Rodeo’ Review: Striking Newcomer Julie Ledru Kickstarts A Thrilling, But Sometimes Too-Conventional Debut [Cannes]

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It’s hard not to sound like a cynical, world-weary film critic when complaining about seemingly small things such as the way many independent French dramas these days open with a sequence showing people fighting and shouting at each other.

But the technique of stunning the audience and capturing their attention with a loud, conflictual scene is becoming a tired trope that, if filmmakers aren’t careful, can seem more like a superficial shortcut to gritty realism than anything truly rooted in the characters’ reality.

READ MORE: Cannes Film Festival 2022 Preview: 25 Must-See Films To Watch “Rodeo,” the first fiction feature from French director Lola Quivoron, opens with one such scene and, as it goes on, continues to find itself torn between more conventional storytelling and something altogether stranger.

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