To Matthieu

To Matthieu

Original title: Selon Matthieu
Production: Les Films Alain Sarde; Why Not Productions; Carello Productions; arte France Cinéma
Country: France
Director: Xavier Beauvois
Script: Xavier Beauvois; Cédric Anger; Catherine Breillat
Photography: Caroline Champetier
Cast: Nathalie Baye; Benoît Magimel; Antoine Chappey; Fred Ulysse; Jean-Marie Winling; Françoise Bette; Mélanie Leray; Virginie Dessèvre
Year: 2000
Duration: 108
Genre: Drama
Color: Color
Original language: French
Languages available: French
Subtitles: No

Synopsis:

A father, Francis, and his two son, Matthieu and Eric, work in the same factory in Normandy.

Francis is dismissed for smoking a cigarette on his workplace. Matthieu outraged by this injustice, tries to influence the direction and mobilize the workers in the factory and in particular his brother. In vain.

Shortly after Francis suddenly dies. Matthieu convinced of his father's suicide, only has one thing in mind: revenge.

Awards:

Nominated for a Golden Lion, at the Venice Film Festival 2000