''Girls with Balls'' is a 2018 French-Belgian

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directed by Olivier Afonso and written by Olivier Afonso and Jean-Luc Cano.

Plot

The film follows the Falcons, a championship volleyball team, which follow a detour home through remote, unknown roads. They come across a bar, where they are challenged with a most dangerous game.

Cast

Guillaume Canet Guillaume Canet (; born 10 April 1973) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter, and show jumper. Canet began his career in theatre and television before moving to film. He starred in several films like ''Joyeux Noël'', '' Love Me If ...

Denis Lavant Denis Lavant (born 17 June 1961) is a French actor. He is known for his distinctive face and the physically demanding aspects of the roles he plays, which often involve slapstick, acrobatics or dance, as well as for his long-standing association w ...

as Barman * Dany Verissimo-Petit as Dany *Tiphaine Daviot as Jeanne *Manon Azem as Morgane *

Camille Razat Camille Emilie Razat (born 1 March 1994) is a French actress and model. She is known for playing Lea Morel in France 2 drama '' The Disappearance'', and for playing Camille in the Netflix television series '' Emily in Paris''. Biography Camille ...

as Lise * Orelsan as Cow-Boy * Anne-Solenne Hatte as Hazuki *Tony Corvillo as Borgne *Louise Blachère as M.A. * Victor Artus Solaro as Coach (as Artus) *Alex Moreu Garriga as Moustachu * Mathieu Madenian *Margot Dufrene as Tatiana

Reception

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, the film has an approval rating of based on critics, with an average rating of . The site's consensus states: "While occasionally funny and relentlessly gory, Girls With Balls is neither particularly strong on cheap thrills nor a very remarkable entry to the trash horror genre." Scott Tobias of ''

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'' wrote "Afonso doesn't push the cartoonish allure far enough into shocks or titillation, and he's not inventive enough to make up for the absence of cheap thrills". Writing for ''

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'', Jordan Mintzer commented "''Girls with Balls'' scores some points for its Z-movie conceits but could have benefited from stronger writing and direction". According to Kimber Myers of the ''

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'', "This is a deranged nightmare of wildness, as full of laughs as it is arterial sprays".

References

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* French comedy films Belgian comedy films Netflix original films 2018 drama films 2018 films 2010s French-language films French-language Belgian films 2010s French films {{2010s-horror-film-stub