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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]
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]
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]
Workers for the Good Lord | |
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![]() Theatrical release poster | |
French | Les Savates du bon Dieu |
Directed by | Jean-Claude Brisseau |
Written by | Jean-Claude Brisseau |
Produced by | Corinne Bertelot |
Starring |
|
Cinematography |
|
Edited by | María Luisa García Martinez |
Music by | Jean Musy |
Production companies |
|
Distributed by | Rezo Films |
Release date |
|
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]
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]
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]