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Despite heavy financial sacrifices by their employees, financial assistance from the French Government, and record profits, the management of Perrin Industries, owned by a German company, decides to shut down one of its French factories. The 1100 employees, determined to fight this unfair and brutal decision and to save their jobs, go on strike. The union man leading the fight is Laurent Amédéo, perfectly portrayed by Vincent Lindon who is reuniting here for the fourth time with director Stéphane Brizé (the SFFF presented their previous collaboration, The Measure of a Man, at the2015 MiniFest).

At first, the workers are united, but after a violent incident involving the German CEO, public opinion turns against them and the united front begins to crack. Some Unions start to think they should accept lay-offs, stop the strike, and instead fight over the amount of their severance packages. Once considered a hero, Amédéo finds himself alone against almost everyone involved.

This chilling account of a fictional strike unfolds like a classic tragedy. It is a brutal, loud, and immersing film that benefits from the work of non-professional actors in roles they have known in real life, and from the power of Lindon’s performance. The narrative is propelled by long interludes, scored to powerful music by Bertrand Blessing that separate each act of the tragic story until the shocking end.

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