The Other Side (2015 film)
The Other Side is a 2015 French-Italian documentary film directed by Roberto Minervini. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.Premise
Roberto Minervini goes to Louisiana, where he documents drug addicts and anti-government militias.Reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 80% based on 20 reviews, and an average rating of 7.5/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 65 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Peter Debruge of Variety called it "a soul-draining, feature-length look at the bastard stepchildren of the American Dream". Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter called it "a poetic but hermetic journey into a debauched and dangerous Deep South".
