The Other Side (2015 film)
# 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 82% based on 22 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".

