Patrick is a tenacious lawyer specializing in environmental law. France is a schoolteacher who becomes an activist after her husband develops cancer from exposure to a pesticide. Mathias is an ambitious lobbyist working for an international chemical corporation. The paths of these characters collide as the lives of thousands are affected by a tragic act that sparks a powerful movement while the corporation fights to prevent the truth from being revealed.
Acting
Gilles Lellouche's exhausted integrity carries every scene.
Direction
Tellier makes legal paperwork feel like a ticking bomb.
Director
Frédéric Tellier
Gilles Lellouche
Patrick Fameau
Pierre Niney
Mathias Rozen
Emmanuelle Bercot
France
Laurent Stocker
Paul
Yannick Renier
Zef
Chloé Stefani
Lucie Tauran
Marie Gillain
Audrey
Jacques Perrin
Richard Vannec
Heidi-Éva Clavier
Nadia
Malik Amraoui
Abel
Brigitte Masure
Margot's mother
Jean-Pierre Igoux
Margot's father
Hélène Seuzaret
Charlène Rozen
Bruno Raffaelli
Claude Delahaye
Johann Cuny
Éric
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Loosely inspired by real French environmental scandals including the Monsanto papers and glyphosate cover-ups.
The film sparked renewed debate in France about the 'revolving door' between regulatory agencies and chemical lobbyists—sound familiar?
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