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Workers for the Good Lord

2000 film by Jean-Claude Brisseau

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]

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Plot

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]

Cast

  • Stanislas Merhar as Fred
  • Raphaële Godin [fr] as Sandrine
  • Emil Abossolo-Mbo as Maguette
  • Coralie Revel [fr] as Elodie
  • Paulette Dubost as grandmother
  • Philippe Caroit as Jacques
  • Christian Pernet as mechanic
  • Romain R'Bibo as Miguel
  • Samir Fouzari as Marouf
  • Abder-Kader Dahou as Kamel
  • Albert Montias as Mangin
  • Fabienne Poncet as postmaster
  • Aurélie Sterling as Nina

Critical reception

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]

References

  1. [1]
    "Workers for the Good Lord". Facets Dvd. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Workers for the Good Lord". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Review: 'Workers for the Good Lord'". Variety. 10 April 2000. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
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