

Acting
Bernard Bloch's devastatingly passive Fernand, a man erased by his own niceness.
Direction
René Féret's unflinching handheld intimacy, zero romanticism.

Director
René Féret
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
René Féret made this for peanuts outside the French studio system; it barely screened outside festivals.
Part of a wave of 1980s French cinema examining the 'forgotten' working class — not pretty, not revolutionary, just tired.