

Two scriptwriter friends with opposing personalities fuss and fight as they cobble together a script for a modern political film. Their arguments seem endless, they constantly stray from the plot, but the story slowly takes shape around garage mechanics at Moliterno & co. who fight a multinational in order to save their business.
Writing
Script about writing a script that becomes the script. Brain: broken.
Acting
Ascaride and Bonnel bicker with married-couple chemistry.
Direction
Guédiguian's Marseille working-class love letter, as usual.

Director
Robert Guédiguian
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Guédiguian's troupe (Ascaride, Meylan, Boudet) have worked together since 1981—this is basically their 19th collaboration.
The 'film within a film' structure directly mirrors how Guédiguian actually writes: collectively, arguing, rewriting constantly.