At War

Released Jul 19, 2019

1h 54m

Drama

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Despite record profits -- and heavy sacrifices made by their employees -- the management of Perrin Industries decides to shut down a factory. The 1,100 employees decide to battle against the brutal decision in an attempt to save their jobs.

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Critics Consensus

At War doesn't have the answers to the struggles it highlights, but proves no less compelling in the raw urgency with which it depicts the modern worker's plight.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

[Has] shades of Norma Rae and the Dardenne brothers' Two Days, One Night, except this is an even more piercing film. This film is angry.

Oct 2, 2019

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Scott Marks

San Diego Reader

The performances and camerawork are natural and unrehearsed, to the point where one wishes this had something more to show for itself than expert mimicry and an inharmonious act of violence to send audiences packing.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 10, 2019

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

Brizé's bid for political urgency may not be as complete a work in terms of character richness and scope, but it's a worthy companion piece in the effort to make films in a turbulent time that speak the truth about the plagued dignity of everyday people.

Jul 26, 2019

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Matt Cipolla

Film Monthly

Brizé and Olivier Gorce's script ends up in a rut of martyrdom, stomping its authenticity with an ending of little to no emotional precedent.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 25, 2020

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Sebastian Valencia

Cine Premiere

At War is a well written account of the weight of fighting against injustices of the upper class. [Full Review in Spanish]

Rated: 3.5/5

May 1, 2020

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Glenn Heath Jr.

San Diego CityBeat

While the inherent rage of At War is necessary, so to is some fundamental understanding of the character's deeper motivations. By stripping this story of any nuance, Brizé dips his toes into the iconography of propaganda.

Aug 1, 2019

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Audience Member

What is the point of this movie? If you like to watch a labor union squabble with management about a plant closing then this is the movie for you! And then nothing happens. For 2 hours you can watch the workers argue with management, politicians and themselves. There is no reason for this film to exist. The entire story is told in the first 5 minutes. Then it is just numbing repetition. Plant closing, workers angry, repeat, repeat, repeat. What a waste of film.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Edwin G

Our 3 year old loved it! And so did Mommy n Daddy! Good Job Disney!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

07/20/19

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razvan p

well directed, well played, good conflicts, ending promotes insane value system and stupidity. the plot couldve made it more plausible for it to happen.. it did the opposite. its one thing to make a person without a family, with alcohool problems etc selfsacrifice for a cause..

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Un film clairement d'actualitÃ (C) qui mÃ (C)rite amplement son visionnement, En Guerre frappe lÃ oÃ¹ il faut et s'il ne changera peut-Ãªtre pas le monde, permet de mieux le comprendre.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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dominique d

Finally a movie that shows what it is to fight for jobs (lifes) in a world that cares only about money and enriching the already rich

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Very emotional movie, showing how the workers, the employers and the State relates to each other in our liquid modernity (as the philosopher and sociologist Zygmunt Bauman call it). Industries are free to move to "cheaper countries", workers have no guarantees, and the State can't do any better than trying to use the force over the workers to impose "the peace" (since going against the industry/capital could make the situation even worse).

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Stéphane Brizé

Director

Vincent Lindon

Laurent Amédéo

Mélanie Rover

Mélanie, Syndicaliste CGT 1

Jacques Borderie

M. Borderie

David Rey

Directeur administratif et financier

Olivier Lemaire

Syndicaliste SIPI 1

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Synopsis

Despite record profits -- and heavy sacrifices made by their employees -- the management of Perrin Industries decides to shut down a factory. The 1,100 employees decide to battle against the brutal decision in an attempt to save their jobs.

Director: Stéphane Brizé
Producer: Eve François-Machuel
Screenwriter: Stéphane Brizé, Olivier Gorce
Distributor: Cinema Libre Studio
Production Co: France 3 Cinéma, Nord-Ouest Films
Genre: Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 19, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 21, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.6K
Runtime: 1h 54m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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