Workers for the Good Lord
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French | Les Savates du bon Dieu |
Directed by | Jean-Claude Brisseau |
Written by | Jean-Claude Brisseau |
Produced by | Corinne Bertelot |
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Edited by | María Luisa García Martinez |
Music by | Jean Musy |
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Distributed by | Rezo Films |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Workers for the Good Lord (French: Les Savates du bon Dieu) is a 2000 French crime comedy-drama film written and directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau, starring Stanislas Merhar, Raphaële Godin, Emil Abossolo-Mbo, Paulette Dubost and Coralie Revel. The film was chosen by Cahiers du Cinéma as one of the 10 best pictures of 2000.[1]
Plot
Elodie, tired of her husband Fred's generous ways, endangering the family's finances, dumps him when he gets fired. Emotionally devastated, he turns into a modern Robin Hood, robbing a post office to help a beggar, and escapes in a stolen car with Sandrine, who has long had a crush on him. They meet Maguette, an African prince turned into a penniless exile. Together the three head south.[1][2]
Cast
- Stanislas Merhar as Fred
- Raphaële Godin [fr] as Sandrine
- Emil Abossolo-Mbo as Maguette
- Coralie Revel [fr] as Elodie
- Paulette Dubost as grandmother
- Philippe Caroit as Jacques
- Christian Pernet as mechanic
- Romain R'Bibo as Miguel
- Samir Fouzari as Marouf
- Abder-Kader Dahou as Kamel
- Albert Montias as Mangin
- Fabienne Poncet as postmaster
- Aurélie Sterling as Nina
Critical reception
Lisa Nesselson of Variety described the film as "a radical genre pastiche", "over the top", "extravagantly lensed, socio-romantic experiment" adding, "It's so bad it's good."[3]
References
External links
- Workers for the Good Lord at IMDb
- Workers for the Good Lord at AllMovie
- Workers for the Good Lord at Rotten Tomatoes
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