The Model (2016)
Storyline
When emerging fashion model Emma gets a chance to pursue her dream of becoming an international top model, she leaves her everyday life in Denmark behind, and moves to Paris. At a photo shoot in her new hometown, she meets the attractive photographer Shane White and they fall in love. But their relationship soon turns into a dangerous obsession for Emma.
Directors
Cast
Thierry Hancisse, Ed Skrein, Claire Tran, Maria Palm, Charlotte Tomaszewska, Marco Ilsø, Virgile Bramly, Dominic Allburn, Camille Moitrier-Cadart, Weronika Kietlińska, Yvonnick Muller, Elise Lissague, Leonardo Lacaria, Maria Rich, Pelle Koppel, Nicole Nitchev, Patrycja Walczak, Wenanty Nosul, David L. Price, Christian Abart, Aleksandra Yermak, Guillaume Babouin, Anna Orman, Alexia Chicot, Mehdi Senoussi
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Reviews
88
Slant Magazine
The film unapologetically warns us at every turn that fashion is nothing but a business, fueled by naiveté and rape.
70
Matthiesen offers no easy answers, but The Model paints a decidedly unglamorous picture, while pulling back the curtain on the exploitative realities of the business.
60
The descent into melodrama in the final act increases the tension but, in relying on some unexpected actions by several characters, also damages the film’s credibility.
60
The screenplay by Matthiessen and co-writers Martin Pieter Zandvliet and Anders Frithiof August is compelling up until the melodramatic, credulity-straining final act, although the characters, apart from Emma, feel underdeveloped.
50
Mr. Matthiesen seems as if he might have been trying to make an indictment of sexism and exploitation in the fashion world, but if so he doesn’t hit the theme nearly hard enough.
