Au revoir là-haut (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

5 wins & 13 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 | swindle | hospital | buried alive | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

France Canada

Language:

French

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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Connections

References Paths of Glory (1957)

User Reviews

Dupontel is great

Albert Dupontel has directed a cinematic masterpiece, always visual (enjoy the long shots), always surprising details (sometimes funny, sometimes sad, sometimes poetic), lot of cinema references (Jeunet, Welles, Leone, Kubrick, Franju, ...). All characters are important, and the script is suspenseful in their interaction. My two favorite characters are of course Edouard Péricourt and Pradelle (fantastic Laurent Lafitte, he makes me think of John Hodiak). Enjoy.