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6.6/10 IMDb | 76% Rotten Tomatoes Initial release 25 January 2017 (France) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by David FrenkelPatrick Quinet Screenplay by Lucas BelvauxJérôme Leroy Starring Émilie DequenneAndré DussollierGuillaume GouixCatherine JacobAnne Marivin Cinematography Pierric Gantelmi d'Ille Screenplay Lucas Belvaux, Jérôme Leroy Cast Similar Not My Type, The Right of the Weakest, On the Run, An Amazing Couple, One Night | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This is our land chez nous 2017 trailer french
This Is Our Land (French: Chez nous) is a 2017 French-Belgian drama film directed by Lucas Belvaux and starring Émilie Dequenne, André Dussollier and Catherine Jacob.
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Plot
The story of a liberal nurse who finds herself as the number-one candidate of a populist party in a fictional town's upcoming local election. She doesn’t really have any conviction and lets herself get pushed around. This affects her relationships with her family, friends and patients.
Cast
Production
Filming began on 10 May 2016 in Nord-Pas-de-Calais in Lens, Béthune, Hersin-Coupigny and Bruay-la-Buissière and was expected to complete on 4 July.
Controversy
The film was slated to be released two months before the first round of the 2017 presidential elections in France and directly targets the National Front. The character of Catherine Jacob is said to strongly resemble Marine Le Pen and the members of the political party sees the film as an affront. Steeve Briois, the FN mayor of Hénin-Beaumont tweet : "Poor Marine Le Pen, which is caricatured by this tobacco pot of Catherine Jacob. A damn turnip in perspective !" Florian Philippot, an other member of the FN declared : "According to the trailer that I saw [...], it looks like a nice turnip, but, beyond the quality of the film, I find it really scandalous that in the countryside Presidential election, I believe precisely to two months of the vote, one leaves in the French rooms a film that is clearly anti-National Front. [...] It disturbs me on behalf of Catherine Jacob. I was a fan of Catherine Jacob. There, I love her very much, but for me she is spoiled. Why ? For some money, for a César, for a little chocolate medal that will be given, for service rendered to the system ?".