

Direction
Perret's patient, unglamorous approach lets subjects breathe
Writing
Explains complex policy through lived experience, not jargon
Production
Archival footage of Resistance fighters hits like a gut punch

Director
Gilles Perret
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film's title references the Sécurité Sociale's origin in the 1945 National Council of the Resistance program—literally built by people who'd fought Nazis and expected better.
Friot's controversial 'wage' theory argues social security shouldn't be insurance but direct redistribution—explaining why French elites quietly loathe the system their parents built.
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