After their brilliant I Feel Good, the duo Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine is back with their new offbeat and absurd comedy: Erase the History. An intelligent and well-written work carried by a heterogeneous cast composed of Blanche Gardin, Denis Podalydès and Corinne Masiero. Check out our review of Clear History.
Clear History: A Bittersweet Comedy
Erase History is a work that fits perfectly into the duo's filmography. It is an intelligent social comedy, which borrows from absurd humor as much as stage humor. It is the great strength of Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine who manage to mix genres of humor. Erase History is a disenchanted, offbeat, sometimes crazy, and often very social and political comedy. As with their previous films, the duo manages to create a slow and throbbing atmosphere very pleasant. Without hurry, they depict the current reality of the connected world, this other reality that traps people in illusory worlds. 
Then stands out a bittersweet comedy with terribly endearing characters. The humour of Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine is always very precise. At the same time denunciatory, he is also often minimalist, creating an atmosphere in weightlessness. The heroes are always very calm. Never a cry disturbs this tranquilizing silence, allowing a very personal approach. As for the rest of their filmography, Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine are in simplicity. They do not seek to impress too much or to absolutely seduce the crowds. They created their own cinema, diluted in the vast legacy left by Jacques Tati. The film also owes a lot to its absolutely perfect cast, where everyone finds their balance, and brings their stone to the building. We especially remember Blanche Gardin and Corinne Masiero who find an imposing insurance. As for Benoît Poelvoorde, he is hilarious in his cameo as an Amazon delivery man.
A smart comedy
Clear History is a perfectly written film, and very clever. With this work, the duo of filmmakers recalls the dangers of social networks, new technologies and the connected world. They recall how this new way of life is actually a new way of controlling the masses. The filmmakers also want to talk about this society that is moving in a dangerous direction. They want to remind us that we live today in a world that is slowly moving towards automation, towards the disappearance of physical interactions, towards an illusory and artificial society. A society that will use this new reality to control the masses even more. Erasing History is ultimately a film of rebellion. A work that reminds us that the powerful use these new technologies to control peoples. That in this way, administrations can control money, goods, desires, consumption, and ultimately all the daily life of users. 
In this, Erase History is not just another French comedy. It is a committed, personal, creative work, which offers a new and above all unique universe. Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine are goldsmiths, have a cinema of their own, and use it with great creativity. Because far from being in useless moralization, Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine use their absurd humor to denounce this reality. They take their characters into ever more incongruous situations to league them against the established order. Erasing History is also sometimes a very poetic work. The two filmmakers find sublime moments of grace, magical little candies in the middle of a work that perfectly mixes genres: comedy, drama, social, and absurd. In short, we strongly advise you to Clear History. Erasing History is another great success of Benoît Delepine and Gustave Kervern. The duo signs a crazy comedy bittersweet. A cocktail of which they have the secret. It's very funny, touching and the film offers a critical look at our connected society. https://youtu.be/kRQIXhqRvoQ
