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In the Beginning

À l'origine

France

2009

150 Min
Color
2.35:1
French
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DIR Xavier Giannoli

PROD Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Edouard Weil

SCR Xavier Giannoli, Marcia Romano

DP Glynn Speeckaert

CAST François Cluzet, Emmanuelle Devos, Gérard Depardieu, Soko, Brice Fournier, Vincent Rottiers, Stéphan Wojtowicz

ED Célia Lafitedupont

PROD DES François-Renaud Labarthe

MUSIC Cliff Martinez

SOUND François Musy

Cannes (In Competition)

Synopsis

France, present day. A professional conman passes himself off as the boss of a construction site building a highway extension. He cons the whole region, hires dozens of workers and cynically enjoys the profits of his scam until he meets the lady mayor of a small village that the road will go through. She intrigues and unsettles him, before revealing to him a world he never knew: feelings. How far will he go now to save his victims and save himself from his own lies? –IMDb

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Xavier Giannoli

Xavier Giannoli (born 7 March 1972) is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed nine films since 1993. —Wikipedia 

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Daniel S.

9Jan11

Loved it. Emmanuelle Devos earned a César award and the movie earned nine (!) other nominations. François Cluzet, exceptional as usual, plays a kind of French Fitzcarraldo building a freeway in nowhere land. Highly recommended.

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By hubertg​uillaud on May 13, 2010

Étonnante histoire, surtout parce qu’elle est inspirée d’une histoire vraie, et qu’elle hésite, sur le fil, entre drame et rédemption. Cluzet est étonnant dans ce rôle de petit escroc à la poursuite…  read review

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