Delete History

Clearing History: On Difficult Life in Digitalistan

They only met two years ago during the yellow vest protests in their traffic circle: Marie (Blanche Gardin), Bertrand (Denis Podalydes) and Christine (Corinne Masiero) from Arras in northern France are three typical representatives of the middle-aged generation, who have spent large parts of their lives in analogies. All three are now having to struggle with the pitfalls of digitalization, so they have already found themselves in difficult life situations. When they realize how much they have already fallen into disastrous dependencies, they take up the fight together against the seemingly overwhelming Internet giants...

Although the story of Benoit Delepine and Gustave Kervem is not told rigorously enough, the individual situations are so aptly observed and humorously told that the film is definitely worth seeing. Even friends of film rating sites who call themselves "users" will occasionally feel like they are being caught out all too clearly. A very special treat is the appearance of bestselling author Michel Houellebecq. Rarely has an exhaust hose been routed into the interior of the car with so much self-irony! ;-)

At the BERLINALE 2020 there was a Silver Bear (special prize) for the original film. The film, distributed by WILD BUNCH (formerly: SENATOR Film) (in Germany through X-Distribution), grossed around USD 4.3 million worldwide.