6.4 /10 1 Votes
6.4/10 IMDb Directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau Music by Jean Musy Release date 2000 Director Jean-Claude Brisseau Written by Jean-Claude Brisseau | 2.7/5 AlloCine 7.2/10 SensCritique Produced by Corinne Bertelot Edited by Maria-Louis Garcia Initial release 1999 Music director Jean Musy Cinematography Romain Winding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Stanislas Merhar
Raphaële Godin
Emil Abossolo-Mbo Cast Stanislas Merhar, Raphaele Godin, Coralie Revel, Emil Abossolo‑Mbo, Philippe Caroit Similar Secret Things, Life the Way It Is, Sound and Fury, L'ange noir, Follow Me | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Les savates du bon dieu 2000 introduction by andre labarthe
Workers for the Good Lord (French: Les savates du bon Dieu) is a 2000 French film directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau, starring Stanislas Merhar, Raphaële Godin and Emil Abossolo-Mbo. The film was chosen by Les Cahiers du cinéma as one of the 10 best pictures of 2000.
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Plot
Elodie tired of her husband Fred 's generous ways, endangering family's finances, dumps him when he gets fired. Emotionally devastated he turns into a modern Robin Hood, robbing a post office to help a beggar, and escapes in a stolen car with Sandrine, who has long had a crush on him. They meet Maquette, an African prince turned into a penniless exile. Together the three head south.
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Critical reception
Lisa Nesselson reviewing the film in Variety termed it "a radical genre pastiche", "over the top", "extravagantly lensed, socio-romantic experiment" adding, "It's so bad it's good."