In the Beginning (2009 film)

2009 film

  • 20 May 2009 (2009-05-20)
Running time
130 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrenchBox office$2.8 million[1]

In the Beginning (French: À l'origine) is a 2009 French drama film directed by Xavier Giannoli. The film competed in the main competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.[2]

Plot

The film tells the dramatized true story of Philippe Berre, a Frenchman with a reputation as an impostor. In the film, much as actual events, Monsieur Berre goes to a small town, passing himself off as a civil engineer, and claims that the government has decided to start previously scrapped plans for the construction of a highway. He commissions supplies, gains construction vehicles, and brings jobs to the community and actually constructs a section of roadway in the process before being discovered.

Cast

The cast and director at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
  • François Cluzet as Paul / Philippe Miller
  • Emmanuelle Devos as Stéphane
  • Brice Fournier as Louis
  • Soko as Monika
  • Vincent Rottiers as Nicolas
  • Gérard Depardieu as Abel
  • Corinne Masiero as Corinne
  • Patrick Descamps as Bollard
  • Thierry Godard as Michel

References

  1. ^ "A l\'origine (2009)- JPBox-Office". Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: In the Beginning". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
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Xavier Giannoli
Director
Feature films
  • Eager Bodies (2003)
  • Une aventure (2005)
  • When I Was a Singer (2006)
  • In the Beginning (2009)
  • Superstar (2012)
  • Marguerite (2015)
  • The Apparition (2018)
  • Lost Illusions (2021)
Television series
Producer
  • Demonlover (2002)
  • Clean (2004)
  • Declaration of War (2011)


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