After promising 1100 employees that they would protect their jobs, the managers of a factory decide to suddenly close up shop. Laurent takes the lead in a fight against this decision.
Acting
Lindon's simmering restraint explodes in final act.
Direction
Brizé's unflinching long takes refuse easy catharsis.
Writing
Dialogue so natural you'll check if it's documentary.
Director
Stéphane Brizé
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Brizé and Lindon previously collaborated on 'The Measure of a Man' (2015), forming one of French cinema's most vital director-actor partnerships for dissecting labor exploitation.
The factory occupation depicted was inspired by multiple real 2015-2017 French plant closures, with Lindon spending weeks embedded with actual CGT unionists to capture authentic meeting dynamics.
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