See You Up There (2017)

November 1919. Two soldiers - a disfigured but brilliant artist and an ex-accountant - start a memorial con. But in the France of the Roaring Twenties, their adventures soon turn dangerous.

Director:

Albert Dupontel

Writers:

Albert Dupontel (adaptation), Pierre Lemaitre (participation)

Stars:

Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Albert Dupontel, Laurent Lafitte

6 wins & 14 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart	...	Edouard Péricourt
Albert Dupontel	...	Albert Maillard
Laurent Lafitte	...	Henri d'Aulnay-Pradelle (as Laurent Lafitte de la Comédie Française)
Niels Arestrup	...	Marcel Péricourt
Émilie Dequenne	...	Madeleine Péricourt
Mélanie Thierry	...	Pauline
Héloïse Balster	...	Louise
Philippe Uchan	...	Labourdin
André Marcon	...	Officier gendarme
Michel Vuillermoz	...	Joseph Merlin (as Michel Vuillermoz de la Comédie Française)
Kyan Khojandi	...	Dupré
Carole Franck	...	Soeur Hortense
Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus	...	Monsieur le maire
Jacques Mateu	...	Monsieur le préfet
Philippe Duquesne	...	Gendarme gare

Storyline

November 1918. A few days before the Armistice, Édouard Péricourt saves Albert Maillard's life. These two men have nothing in common but the war. Lieutenant Pradelle, by ordering a senseless assault, destroys their lives while binding them as companions in misfortune. On the ruins of the carnage of WWI, condemned to live, the two attempt to survive. Thus, as Pradelle is about to make a fortune with the war victims' corpses, Albert and Édouard mount a monumental scam with the bereaved families' commemoration and with a nation's hero worship.

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Plot Keywords:

jumping from height | coffin | world war one | swindle | hospital | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

France Canada

Language:

French German

Release Date:

25 October 2017 (France)

Also Known As:

Até Nos Vermos Lá em Cima

Filming Locations:

Theuville, Val-d'Oise, France

Box Office

Budget:

€19,750,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Stadenn Prod, Manchester Films, Gaumont

Technical Specs

Runtime:

117 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The role of Albert Maillard was originally to be played by Bouli Lanners who, due to overwork, withdrew from the project.

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Goofs

When Edouard Péricourt jumps from the building you can see in the background the Eiffel tower, but this was not possible until 1989 when the Eiffel tower got its illumination.

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Connections

References Paths of Glory (1957)

User Reviews

Interesting tale

This could have easily been a movie directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, if you consider the style, fashion, atmosphere, directing, acting, editing and so on...I strongly thought about JP Jeunet's UN LONG DIMANCHE DE FIANCAILLES all long this feature, and not because it is related to WW1 and also post war matters. Everything here is connected in a way or another in the Jeunet's film. That's my own opinion. The story itself, based on the Goncourt Prize winner, is rather surprising, unusual at the most. I don't quite remember the ending of the book and this one seems to be different, if you read the other French user comments on Internet. Maybe the ending is different, but the overall spirit of the novel is followed, faithful. Nothing is changed basically spoken. Only details. Some really moving sequences. And in this tale, you have NO totally good and true heroes. You have a real bad ass, a real heavy character, played by Laurent Laffite, as a ruthless and disgusting former assassin officer who killed two of his own men and who makes money on the war victims. The other characters are maybe better than him, but certainly not totally white. Swindlers, cheaters, liars, Dupontel's character himself can make you Dizzy from time to time. Dupontel was pretty lucky to make this high budget stuff for Gaumont productions. A daring topic. Worth watching for sure.