In November 1918, a few days before the Armistice, when Lieutenant Pradelle orders a senseless attack, he causes a useless disaster; but his outrageous act also binds the lives of two soldiers who have nothing more in common than the battlefield: Édouard saves Albert, although at a high cost. They become companions in misfortune who will attempt to survive in a changing world. Pradelle, in his own way, does the same.
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Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
Édouard Péricourt
Albert Dupontel
Albert Maillard
Laurent Lafitte
Henri Pradelle
Niels Arestrup
Marcel Péricourt
Émilie Dequenne
Madeleine Péricourt
Mélanie Thierry
Pauline
Héloïse Balster
Louise
Philippe Uchan
Labourdin
André Marcon
The Police Officer
Michel Vuillermoz
Joseph Merlin
Director
Albert Dupontel
Screenplay
Albert Dupontel
Status
Released
Original Language
FR
Budget
$23,000,000
Revenue
$15,100,000
Production
Gaumont, Stadenn Prod, Manchester Films, France 2 Cinéma, Canal+, Ciné+, France Télévisions, Entourage Pictures
AstroNoud
January 15, 2022
An extremely stylish film showing remarkable cinematographic creativity and vision, even if the story does not truly measure up to the visuals. 8/10
Atilio Nalerio
June 13, 2026
**How a Film is Made** Here is a film crafted with pure talent, overflowing creativity, an exceptional cast, and dazzling camera work. The director—who also stars in it and wrote the screenplay, adapting a novel—Albert Dupontel has the virtue of telling us, in a comedic tone (sometimes employing dark humor), the drama of the war's forgotten, the "cannon fodder" of armies who are neglected an...
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