Frédéric Mermoud – La voie royale AKA The Path of Excellence (2023)

Sophie excels at academics. She leaves the family farm to attend a scientific prep class, but when faced with new challenges, she discovers that her desire of attending the Polytechnique is a genuine struggle of social ascent.

Thomas Duffy on Filmbook.com wrote:
Locarno 2023
The Path of Excellence is a terrific movie. The movie conveys Sophie’s extracurricular activities in such a way that we’re with this character every step of the way. As Sophie tries to fit in, situations arise which complicate her goals and Jouannet is absolutely amazing. This is a star-making role, for sure. Mermoud’s direction allows us to easily relate to Sophie’s predicament and to root for her from beginning to end. Like America’s Good Will Hunting from 26 years back, you don’t need to have any sort of love for math or physics to enjoy The Path of Excellence. It’s a thought-provoking dramatic movie with an edge that will make you sympathize for the struggle to be great and succeed against all odds. It’s the type of movie that film festivals help audiences discover and is an absolute triumph.
Rating: 9.5/10

la.voie.royale.2023.french.1080p.web.h264-silky.mkv

General
Container:	Matroska
Runtime:	1h 47mn
Size:	7.26 GiB
Video
Codec:	h264
Resolution:	1920x800
Aspect ratio:	2.40:1
Frame rate:	24.000 fps
Bit rate:	9 055 kb/s
Audio
French 5.1ch E-AC-3 @ 640 kb/s

https://nitro.download/view/10553C58972C21B/la.voie.royale.2023.french.1080p.web.h264-silky.mkv

Language(s):French
Subtitles:None