

A 90-minute French eviction notice that'll make you rage-against-the-gentrification-machine.
Residents of an old building in a Parisian neighborhood are fighting against a plan to turn the place into a shopping center.
Acting
Brigitte Fossey carries the whole damn building on her back.
Production
Cramped apartments so real you can smell the old wallpaper.
Director
Michaël Perrotta
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during France's late-'90s mall-building frenzy; entire Parisian quartiers were vanishing for retail temples.
Director Perrotta cast actual residents of threatened buildings as extras — some weren't acting, just reliving trauma.