Les Savates du bon Dieu

Workers for the Good Lord
Directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau
Produced by Corinne Bertelot
Written by Jean-Claude Brisseau
Starring Stanislas Merhar
Raphaële Godin
Emil Abossolo-Mbo
Music by Jean Musy
Cinematography Laurent Fleutot
Romain Winding
Edited by Maria-Louis Garcia
Release date
2000
Running time
107 min minutes
Country France
Language French

Workers for the Good Lord (French: Les savates du bon Dieu) is a 2000 French film directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau, starring Stanislas Merhar, Raphaële Godin and Emil Abossolo-Mbo. The film was chosen by Les Cahiers du cinéma as one of the 10 best pictures of 2000.[1]

Plot

Elodie tired of her husband Fred 's generous ways, endangering 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 Maquette, an African prince turned into a penniless exile. Together the three head south.[1][2]

Cast

  • Stanislas Merhar as Fred
  • Raphaële Godin as Sandrine
  • Emil Abossolo-Mbo as Maguette
  • Coralie Revel as Elodie
  • Paulette Dubost as La grand-mère
  • Philippe Caroit as Jacques
  • Christian Pernet as Le garagiste
  • Romain R'Bibo as Miguel
  • Samir Fouzari as Marouf
  • Abder-Kader Dahou as Kamel
  • Albert Montias as Mangin
  • Fabienne Poncet
  • Aurélie Sterling as Nina

Critical reception

Lisa Nesselson reviewing the film in Variety termed it "a radical genre pastiche", "over the top", "extravagantly lensed, socio-romantic experiment" adding, "It's so bad it's good."[3]

References

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