“Roma Elastica” is presented as a new film from French director Bertrand Mandico, with Marion Cotillard starring as a movie star whose condition worsens as the story progresses. Multiple reviews describe the film’s premise as centered on an established performer—often characterized as a “scream queen”—who comes to Rome to work on a futuristic Italian art project. Both outlets frame the work as an intentionally theatrical, stylized psychodrama that blends filmmaking-material with heightened personal and physical unraveling.
The reviews also emphasize the film’s visual and tonal excess, including an over-the-top 1980s-set approach and a baroque, reference-heavy aesthetic. IndieWire characterizes the movie as an industry pastiche that works as a “kaleidoscope” of riffs and cinematic references, even while noting that the narrative is relatively thin. The Hollywood Reporter similarly portrays it as a melodramatic, auteur-driven experience in which Cotillard’s character loses control over both her mind and body. Overall, the sources agree on the central casting, Mandico’s distinctive style, and the film’s focus on a Rome-based production and escalating character breakdown.
