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At War (En guerre)
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.
15 July 1959, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
May 16, 2018
[Director Stephan] Brizé makes an unfortunate mistake... by not understanding that the workers' struggles belong to everyone and that, in any case, there are leaders, but never martyrs, much less saints. [Full review in Spanish]
May 16, 2018
It's a theme that resonates for millions, but the problem with At War isn't its sincerity so much as the way it takes its central ideas for granted.
May 15, 2018
It's all about actors doing improv shouting in each other's faces. This is film-making by megaphone.
May 15, 2018
Ripped from the headlines, keenly researched and carefully crafted, this fictional tale has near-universal resonance...
May 15, 2018
A generally gripping account of workers taking on the man.
May 15, 2018
In Union leader, spokesperson and factory worker Laurent Amédéo, Lindon adds another rivetingly real characterization to his muscular everyman repertoire.

