Pauvre Georges!

Yesterday evening, I took advantage of a French premiere in the presence of the director Claire Devers, the producer Dominique Besnehard, the actors Grégory Gadebois, Pascale Arbillot, Mylène Mackay and part of the film crew, within MK2 Bibliothèque, in Paris.

Pauvre Georges! (2018) is an embittered and disenchanted painting of our society, with a plethora of characters lacking of self-fulfillment. Actually, most of them are even real caricatures with outstanding abilities such as spreading rumors, farting higher than his own arse, rotting the life of others, thinking oneself as the center of the universe, ... and tutti quanti.

Within this chaotic environment, the actor Grégory Gadebois is awesome. Although Pascale Arbillot, Anne-Marie Cadieux and Stéphane De Groodt are underemployed in this movie, they are nevertheless excellent second roles. In fact, the whole cast is great. In my humble opinion, the script is reduced to an excessively cold and desperately sad observation of the interactions between individuals within a tiny microcosm. Thus, if you wish to enjoy a superb acting game bathing in a dark atmosphere, Pauvre Georges! (2018) is right for you! As a synthesis: 5/6 of 10.

I saw it being myself teacher. And recognizing myself, in many ways , in Gregory Gadebois portrait of Georges Maurin.

A social critic and fair portrait of teachers, from the hate against students - not so surprising - from the noble cause about a young man who can be the mission of a teacher under pressure of marriage and relation with his sister.

Few good slices of absurd, nice acting, reasonable with temptation to be provocative, story and the bitterness easy defined by different situations.

A nice film and a reasonable moral.

Nothing special but, in some measure, pleasant. A film about loneliness, form of fatherhood and happiness in illusions.