See You Up There

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A few days before the Armistice in November 1918, Édouard Péricourt saves Albert Maillard’s life. The two have nothing in common but the war. Having ordered a senseless assault, Lieutenant Pradelle destroys their lives and binds them as companions in misfortune. Condemned to live on the ruins of the World War I carnage, the two men struggle to survive. But as they see Pradelle striving to make a fortune on the war victims’ corpses, they come up with a monumental scam with the bereaved families’ commemoration and with a nation’s hero worship.
Because of the fashion and atmosphere but also the style of directing and editing, the film will make you think of A Very Long Engagement by Jean-Pierre Jeunet in which Dupontel also appeared, and not just because it is related to WW1. A major difference is the almost complete lack of positive heroes. Sure, there is one true villain, but other characters are not much better, including Dupontel’s character that can make you dizzy at times.

  • Year:
    2017
  • Runtime:
    117
  • Country:
    France
  • Director:
    Albert Dupontel
  • Screenplay:
    Albert Dupontel, Pierre Lemaître
  • Dir. of Photography:
    Vincent Mathias
  • Music:
    Christophe Julien
  • Editor:
    Christophe Pinel
  • Cast:
    Albert Dupontel, Nahuel Perez Biscayart, Laurent Lafitte, Niels Arestrup, Emilie Dequenne, Mélanie Thierry, Michel Vuillermoz
  • Production:
    ADCB Films, Gaumont
  • Sales:
    Gaumont / CinemArt SK
  • Festivals:
    San Sebastian 2017

Schedule:

16.11.2017 15:30 Kino Mladosť

About the Director:

Albert Dupontel

Albert Dupontel (1964, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France) is an actor, writer and director who studied medicine for four years but chose to become a comedian. He has 50 acting credits under his belt, including controversial Irreversible (2002), inspiring Love Me No More (2008) or award-winning 9-Month Stretch (2013) that brought him César for Best Original Screenplay plus three César nominations for Best Film, Best Directing and Best Actor. He has directed seven films so far, all of them based on his own script. See You Up There is his sixth and latest feature-length film.