Six minutes. One speech. A whole life unraveling underground.
A man delivers a political speech. As he speaks, his true identity is revealed: a homeless man living in the Paris metro. Haunted by his past as a former leader of a once-promising party, his sphere of influence is now confined to the underground, where he scrapes together a few coins.
Acting
Denis Lavant's face contains multitudes of broken dreams.
Direction
Hijazi turns a subway tunnel into a political arena.
Director
Mohammad Hijazi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Denis Lavant is the same wild-eyed genius from Holy Motors and Beau Travail—this is him stripped of all spectacle.
The film resonates with France's complex relationship with its political class: grandeur and rot, always intertwined.
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