The read
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do. It runs long at 2h 35m.
Synopsis
September 1940. Henri Marre arrives alone in Vichy as the authoritarian regime settles in. Broke, estranged from his family, and carrying copies of his self-published manifesto Notre Salut (Our Salvation), the 49-year-old is determined to secure what he believes is his rightful place in the new administration. In his writing, Henri sets out his patriotic convictions and his engineer’s methodology: efficiency above all. Claiming he wants to help save France after defeat, he does whatever is required to remain useful, serving the machinery of the new order with increasing skill. But he may be pursuing something more urgent: escape from his own ruin
Ratings
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Emmanuel MarreDirector
- Emmanuel MarreScreenplay
Cast
- Swann ArlaudHenri Marre
- Sandrine BlanckePaulette Henri
- Mathieu PerottoGasque
- Harpo GuitHarpo
- Mathilde Abd El KaderCorinne
- Jean-Baptiste MarreMaux
- Bruno BorsuCitoyen
- Claudine Barthel FournierArlette
- Yoann BlancLemoine
- Thierry de PerettiDommange
- Maxim DriesenJean
- Jules GrangerSanguinede