RODEO
| 2022 – 105′ – Drama
Written by Lola Quivoron, Antonia Buresi.
Directed by Lola Quivoron.
Starring Julie Ledru, Yanis Lafki, Antonia Buresi, Cody Schroeder, Louis Sotton, Junior Correia, Ahmed Hamdi.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2022 (Un Certain Regard – Jury Special Prize Winner). Los Angeles Premiere at The American French Film Festival 2022.
In French with English subtitles.
A Music Box Films release.|
Real-life biker Julie Ledru comes blazing onto the big screen like a 21st century rebel without a cause in Lola Quivoron‘s high-octane first feature, Rodeo. Her character Julia is more spitfire than easy rider. Filled with rage at the world all around her, Julia spends her days repeating the same scam over and over, and has but one dream: to become part of a reckless gang of dirt bikers who perform wheelies and other breakneck stunts at illicit motocross rodeos. “I was born with a bike between my legs,” she exclaims. Julia seems to be after some sort of exhilarating spiritual liberation, but acceptance into such a brotherhood has a price, and the all-boys club wants nothing to do with her. Single-minded in her pursuit, Julia will do whatever it takes — steal bikes or pick up the head-honcho’s groceries — no matter the risk. But the feral non-professional actress, who was cast on Instagram, is even more imposing when she drops her Hell’s-Angels demeanor and reveals the glimmer of a heart and soul beneath that insolent veneer..