| At War | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Stéphane Brizé |
| Starring | Vincent Lindon |
Release date |
|
Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
At War (French : En Guerre) is a 2018 French drama film directed by Stéphane Brizé. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. [1] [2]
The film gained acclaim for its portrayal of working people. [3]
After promising 1,100 employees that they would protect their jobs, the managers of a French factory that has been bought by Germans, decide to suddenly shut down the plant. Laurent, a worker at the factory, takes the lead in a fight against this decision.
On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 70% based on 33 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "At War doesn't have the answers to the struggles it highlights, but proves no less compelling in the raw urgency with which it depicts the modern worker's plight." [4] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 61 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [5]
The King Is Alive is a 2000 drama film directed by Kristian Levring. The fourth film to be done according to the Dogme 95 rules, it was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.
Human Resources is a 1999 French-British comedy-drama film directed by Laurent Cantet. As the title implies, the subject of the film is the workplace and the personal difficulties that result from conflicts among management and labour, corporations and individuals. It stars Jalil Lespert. Most of the other actors are non-professionals. It won the César Award for Best First Feature Film and the César Award for Most Promising Actor at the 26th César Awards.
Right Now is a 2004 French film by director Benoît Jacquot. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.
Who Killed Bambi? is a 2003 French thriller film directed by Gilles Marchand. In this film, a doctor and a nursing student investigate the mysterious disappearances taking place at their hospital.
This Is Not a Film is an Iranian documentary film by Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb. It was released on 28 September 2011 in France, distributed by Kanibal Films Distribution.
The Search is a 2014 French drama film written and directed by Michel Hazanavicius and produced by Hazanavicius and Thomas Langmann. The film was inspired by the Oscar-winning post-Holocaust drama also called The Search, directed by Fred Zinnemann, in which a compassionate westerner helps a lost child find what is left of his family amidst the chaotic flood of post-war civilian refugees. In the 1948 film, the backdrop is post-war Berlin; The Search (2014) takes place in the "front lines of the Russian invasion of Chechnya" during the first year of the Second Chechen War (1999–2009). The Search was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
Maidan is a 2014 documentary film, directed by Sergei Loznitsa. It focuses on the Euromaidan movement of 2013 and 2014 in Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Ukraine's capital Kyiv. It was filmed during the protests and depicts different aspects of the revolution, from the peaceful rallies to bloody clashes between police and civilians.
The Measure of a Man is a 2015 French drama film directed by Stéphane Brizé. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes, Vincent Lindon won the award for Best Actor and the film won a commendation awarded by the Ecumenical Jury.
In Bed with Victoria is a 2016 French romantic comedy-drama film directed by Justine Triet. It was screened in the Critics' Week section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. The film received five nominations at the 42nd César Awards. Efira received a Magritte Award for Best Actress at the 7th Magritte Awards for her performance in the film.
Happy End is a 2017 drama film written and directed by Michael Haneke, and starring Isabelle Huppert and Jean-Louis Trintignant, who had also played daughter and father in Haneke's 2012 film Amour.
The Workshop is a 2017 French drama film co-written and directed by Laurent Cantet. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.
Faces Places is a 2017 French documentary film directed by Agnès Varda and JR. It follows the pair as they travel around rural France creating portraits of the people they meet. The film was screened out of competition at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the L'Œil d'or award, and released on 28 June 2017 in France, and on 6 October 2017 in the United States. At the 90th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for Best Documentary Feature.
Closeness is a 2017 Russian drama film directed by Kantemir Balagov, in his feature film debut. It was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes, it won the FIPRESCI Prize in the Un Certain Regard section.
24 Frames is a 2017 Iranian experimental film directed by Abbas Kiarostami. It was his final feature film before his death in July 2016. It was posthumously shown in the 70th Anniversary Events section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.
Based on a True Story is a 2017 French-language psychological thriller film directed by Roman Polanski. The screenplay was written by Polanski and Olivier Assayas, adapted from the novel of the same name by Delphine de Vigan. It was screened out of competition at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. It became a box-office bomb, grossing $3.9 million worldwide against a production budget of €12.96 million.
The Nothing Factory is a 2017 Portuguese drama film directed by Pedro Pinho, whose prior works were documentaries. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and the Bright Future section at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. At Cannes it won the FIPRESCI Prize.
Angel Face is a 2018 French drama film directed by Vanessa Filho in her feature directorial debut, from a screenplay by Filho and Diastéme. It stars Marion Cotillard, Ayline Aksoy-Etaix, Alban Lenoir, Amélie Daure and Stéphane Rideau. It had its world premiere at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival in May. It was released theatrically in France by Mars Distribution on 23 May 2018.
Summer of 85 is a 2020 romantic drama film written and directed by François Ozon, partly based on the 1982 novel Dance on My Grave by Aidan Chambers. It stars Félix Lefebvre and Benjamin Voisin.
Another World is a 2021 French drama film directed by Stéphane Brizé. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.
Out of Season is a 2023 French romantic drama film directed by Stéphane Brizé, from a screenplay written by Brizé and Marie Drucker.
 | This article related to a French film of the 2010s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This 2010s drama film–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |