A union pensioner and his wife are robbed, but find that merely getting the assailants brought to justice is not enough for their consciences.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Ariane Ascaride | ... | Marie-Claire | |
| Jean-Pierre Darroussin | ... | Michel | |
| Gérard Meylan | ... | Raoul | |
| Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet | ... | Christophe | |
| Marilyne Canto | ... | Denise | |
| Anaïs Demoustier | ... | Flo | |
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Adrien Jolivet | ... | Gilles |
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Robinson Stévenin | ... | Le commissaire |
| Karole Rocher | ... | La mère de Christophe | |
| Julie-Marie Parmentier | ... | Agnès | |
| Pierre Niney | ... | Le serveur de bar | |
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Yann Loubatière | ... | Jules |
| Jean-Baptiste Fonck | ... | Martin | |
| Emilie Piponnier | ... | Maryse | |
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Raphaël Hidrot | ... | Jeannot |
At a French shipyard, a trade unionist named Michel deliberately arranges to have himself on the dockworkers' randomly chosen downsizing list to spare another of his fellow workers. While he has his severance package and his friends and family's generosity to ease this sacrifice, this also gets his home invaded and robbed along with his wife and friends. Through pure luck, Michel finds out the identity of one of his assailants, a young worker who was on the same downsizing list himself, and gets him arrested. However, both Michel and his wife find that their vindictive satisfaction is soured by their realization of their assailant's motives and the larger consequences of their revenge. Struggling with their conscience, the couple finds themselves independently trying to live up to their ideals for a greater sense of justice. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
Although the philosophical issues behind the plot are interesting and the acting is good, the characters are one-dimensional. For instance, the husband is the sombre socialist enmeshed in class-guilt, his wife is the jovial, understanding and strong spouse, the criminal's brothers are picture perfect children and the criminal is pretty articulate for a low-life sociopath; the other characters are as predictable. None of the characters are real, in the sense that it is very unlikely that you will meet such stereotyped people in your life. It is all black and white, like in a children film.