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The Workshop

Original title: L'atelier
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
2.2K
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Marina Foïs and Matthieu Lucci in The Workshop (2017)
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The scene is set one Summer in La Ciotat, a town near Marseille which used to be prosperous thanks to its huge dockyard but has been in decline since its closing 25 years before. It is in th... Read allThe scene is set one Summer in La Ciotat, a town near Marseille which used to be prosperous thanks to its huge dockyard but has been in decline since its closing 25 years before. It is in this context of quiet desperation that a writing workshop has been set up to help a group of... Read allThe scene is set one Summer in La Ciotat, a town near Marseille which used to be prosperous thanks to its huge dockyard but has been in decline since its closing 25 years before. It is in this context of quiet desperation that a writing workshop has been set up to help a group of seven young people integrate into the world of work. Under the guidance of well-known nov... Read all

  • Director
    • Laurent Cantet
  • Writers
    • Robin Campillo
    • Laurent Cantet
  • Stars
    • Marina Foïs
    • Matthieu Lucci
    • Florian Beaujean
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    2.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Laurent Cantet
    • Writers
      • Robin Campillo
      • Laurent Cantet
    • Stars
      • Marina Foïs
      • Matthieu Lucci
      • Florian Beaujean
    • 14User reviews
    • 63Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 6 nominations

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    The Workshop Trailer
    Trailer 1:45
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    Marina Foïs, Doudou Masta, Mélissa Guilbert, Matthieu Lucci, Florian Beaujean, Warda Rammach, Julien Souve, and Issam Talbi in The Workshop (2017)
    Marina Foïs, Doudou Masta, Mélissa Guilbert, Matthieu Lucci, Florian Beaujean, Warda Rammach, Julien Souve, and Issam Talbi in The Workshop (2017)
    Marina Foïs, Matthieu Lucci, and Julien Souve in The Workshop (2017)
    Matthieu Lucci in The Workshop (2017)
    Marina Foïs, Doudou Masta, Mélissa Guilbert, Matthieu Lucci, Florian Beaujean, Warda Rammach, Julien Souve, and Issam Talbi in The Workshop (2017)
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    Marina Foïs, Matthieu Lucci, and Julien Souve in The Workshop (2017)

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    Marina Foïs
    Marina Foïs
    • Olivia Dejazet
    Matthieu Lucci
    Matthieu Lucci
    • Antoine
    Florian Beaujean
    Florian Beaujean
    • Etienne
    Doudou Masta
    • Bouba
    • (as Mamadou Doumbia)
    Mélissa Guilbert
    • Lola
    Warda Rammach
    • Malika
    Julien Souve
    • Benjamin
    Issam Talbi
    Issam Talbi
    • Fadi
    Olivier Thouret
    • Teddy Chauvin - le cousin
    Charlie Barde
    • Jessica
    • (as Charlie Bardé)
    Marie Tarabella
    • Mathilde
    Youcef Agal
    • Romain
    Marianne Esposito
    • Claudia
    Thibaut Hernandez
    • Alex
    Axel Caillet
    • Yohan
    Lény Sellam
    • Boris, l'éditeur
    Anne-Sophie Fayolle
    • La mère d'Antoine
    Cédric Martinez
    • Le père d'Antoine
    • Director
      • Laurent Cantet
    • Writers
      • Robin Campillo
      • Laurent Cantet
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Director Laurent Cantet auditioned between four and five hundred young locals in February and March 2016, before knowing if the film was going to be greenlit.
    • Connections
      Featured in Filmmelier Drops: 'A Trama', extremismo, imigração e preconceito (2018)

    User reviews14

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    6/10
    Had Potential
    The storyline concerns a successful novelist who is hired to come to a French town experiencing a post shipbuilding industrial decline to give a workshop to a half dozen young adults (late teens/early 20s) on developing writing/creative thinking skills. Not clear if it's to help develop the youth's futures, or to become writers, or learn cooperative skills, or become well adjusted. The author encourages them to "Do research to make your fiction more real." Good potential for some insight on writing, but what we get for the movie is a lot of immature antagonistic aggressive back and forth from the group which leads me to believe the movie is more about exposing the differences amongst them (racial, gender, religious, political). Some cooperative understanding did surface, but a lot was left unclear which probably mirrors life.
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    • westsideschl
    • Mar 9, 2019

    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 11, 2017 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Cinéart (Belgium)
      • Diaphana Films (France)
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • El atelier
    • Filming locations
      • La Ciotat, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
    • Production companies
      • Archipel 35
      • France 2 Cinéma
      • Canal+
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €3,501,774 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $22,061
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,860
      • Mar 25, 2018
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,000,056
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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