At War
2018 · Movie · 105 min · ★ 7.0 · 66% critics
After managers promise to protect more than a thousand factory jobs, they abruptly announce the plant will close. One worker steps up to organize a determined fight against the decision, as tensions rise between employees, leadership, and the forces shaping their future.
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Details
- Original title
- En guerre
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-05-16
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 66/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (182 votes)
About
If you like grounded, high-stakes social dramas about ordinary people pushed to the brink, this may work for you; Not for you if you want escapism or light comedy—similar to The Measure of a Man.
Pros: urgent workplace conflict; strong sense of stakes; grounded drama | Cons: heavy subject matter; tense confrontations; limited light moments
Themes
- globalization
- labor strike
- labor union
- medef
Cast & crew
Vincent Lindon
as Laurent Amédéo
Mélanie Rover
as Mélanie, CGT unionist
Jacques Borderie
as Mr. Borderie, plant manager
- DR
David Rey
as Administrative and financial director
Olivier Lemaire
as SIPI activist #1
Isabelle Rufin
as Director of human resources
- BB
Bruno Bourthol
as SIPI activist #2
- SV
Sébastien Vamelle
as CGT activist #2
- JT
Jean-Noël Tronc
as Mayor of Agen
- VL
Valérie Lamond
as Unions’ Lawyer
Directed by Stéphane Brizé