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Director: Xavier Beauvois
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From Time Out Film Guide
This modern day parable marries the edgy naturalistic style of Beauvois' first two films (Nord and Don't Forget You're Going to Die) to a more overt narrative framework. Set in a vividly rendered Normandy community, the story focuses on Magimel's anguish when his father is sacked from the factory. The workforce is too cowed to respond to the young man's agitation, so he plots a more intimate revenge, seducing the factory owner's wife (Baye). Inevitably, things get messy. Beauvois seems unsure how far he wants to pitch into melodrama - or tragedy: he opts for Bach on the soundtrack. And if the film doesn't really hold any surprises, it nevertheless creates a compelling aura of political and emotional estrangement.Author: TCh
Cast & crew
Director: Xavier Beauvois
Producer: Pascal Caucheteux, Alain Sarde
Cast: Benoît Magimel, Nathalie Baye, Antoine Chappey, Fred Ulysse, Jean-Marie Winling, Françoise Bette, Mélanie Leray, Virginie Dessèvre full cast
Duration: 100 mins
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