The latest film by Jeanne Herry, Garance, has achieved success at the box office. It follows eight years in the life of Garance (played by Adèle Exarchopoulos) and her gradual descent into alcoholism. In Official Competition at Cannes, Garance performed strongly, with 26,019 entries outside of premieres (44,338 including premieres), resulting in an average of 66 viewers per screening. This is a similar start to Jeanne Herry's previous film, Je verrai toujours vos visages, which achieved nearly 26,000 entries on its first day and eventually exceeded one million entries in France. Garance is currently in second place in the national ranking of new releases; if it continues on this trajectory, it is likely to surpass 500,000 entries and could aim for 600,000 or 700,000 entries. Adèle Exarchopoulos, in the eponymous role, is likely contributing to the film’s commercial success. If her collaboration with Jeanne Herry is again a success, it can be stated that she has become a stable value at the box office in recent years, a key factor in the successes of films such as The Animal Kingdom, The Love of My Life, and The Piano Accident. Heart of The Beast, a survivalist film featuring Brad Pitt, holds the top spot at the box office with 48,494 entries outside of premieres and is expected to reach one million entries by the end of its run. Primetime, in which Robert Pattinson plays a television host tracking pedophiles, achieves the best per-screening rate, with 104 screenings and an average of 109 viewers per screening. Garance is the fourth feature film by Jeanne Herry, starring Adèle Exarchopoulos and Sara Giraudeau. There is always a documentary element in the films of Jeanne Herry. In her previous two films, Pupille (2018) and Je verrai toujours vos visages (2023), the director explored births under X for the first, and the functioning of restorative justice for the second. This time, Jeanne Herry tackles alcoholism. "Garance is the very touching and long-term portrait of a woman who drinks," notes Marie Sauvion. Without ever telling us why she drinks, the film immerses us in the life of a young actress dependent on alcohol, brilliantly portrayed by Adèle Exarchopoulos. As the film progresses and the young woman sinks deeper into alcoholism, we follow the changes, sometimes abrupt, to which she is subjected. Without going too far or descending into the sordid, the film shows perfectly, according to Marie Sauvion, "the darkness of what alcoholism is." Critics have noted that Garance retains elements that made previous films by Jeanne Herry both interesting and flawed. The director has a very particular writing technique, made of investigation and documentation. However, some critics found that in her previous films, the transition from documentary-style research to fiction was problematic, and they feel the same applies to Garance. "The best part of the film is really the encounter between the two women," notes Samuel Douhaire. Regarding Adèle Exarchopoulos, some critics suggest she may be too young and not sufficiently damaged to convincingly portray an alcoholic. Others counter that she brings a raw intensity to the role. Overall, Jeanne Herry is praised for her ability to direct actors and actresses, with critics summarizing her as "exceptional."