L' Atelier
Returning to a similar situation as his Palme d’Or winner Entre Les Murs, Laurent Cantet’s new film deals with the young generation caught in today’s fractured and complex political situation.
Please note that this film is in French, with Dutch subtitles.
La Ciotat, the South of France. Antoine attends a summer writing workshop in which a few young people have been selected to write a crime thriller with the help of Olivia, a famous novelist. The creative process will recall the town’s industrial past, a form of nostalgia to which Antoine feels indifferent. More concerned with the fears of the modern world, the young man soon clashes with the group and Olivia, who seems at the same time alarmed and captivated by Antoine’s violence.
Laurent Cantet, France, 2017, 114 min. French spoken, Dutch subtitles.
With Marina Foïs, Matthieu Lucci, Florian Beaujean, Mamadou Doumbia, Mélissa Guilbert.