Since the cult success of Merci Patron!, activist/journalist/filmmaker François Ruffin has become an MP. Here, he attempts to table a law aimed at upholding the rights of what in Quebec are known as caregivers, and shows us in passing how a law whose need seems patently obvious is put together, debated, voted on and . . . dies on the battleground of French politics. A stirring documentary about social injustice that somehow manages to make us bust a gut laughing as we rage with indignation. And also cry at the beauty of it all, thanks to the director’s humanist sensibility and a deft play between reality and fiction.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: François Ruffin, Gilles Perret, Bruno Bonnell, Armel Briend
Crew: François Ruffin (Director), Thibault Lhonneur (Producer), Gilles Perret (Director), Cécile Dubois (Editor), Ludovic Rio (Graphic Designer), Gilles Perret (Screenplay)
Country: France
Language: Français
Studio: Les 400 clous, jour2fête, Fakir
Runtime: 85 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 27, 2021
IMDb: 3.4
