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The Workshop

Original title: L'atelier
  • 20172017
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
2.1K
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Marina Foïs and Matthieu Lucci in The Workshop (2017)
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The scene is set one Summer in La Ciotat, a town near Marseille which used to be prosperous thanks to its huge dockyard but has been in decline since its closing 25 years before. It is in th... Read allThe scene is set one Summer in La Ciotat, a town near Marseille which used to be prosperous thanks to its huge dockyard but has been in decline since its closing 25 years before. It is in this context of quiet desperation that a writing workshop has been set up to help a group of... Read allThe scene is set one Summer in La Ciotat, a town near Marseille which used to be prosperous thanks to its huge dockyard but has been in decline since its closing 25 years before. It is in this context of quiet desperation that a writing workshop has been set up to help a group of seven young people integrate into the world of work. Under the guidance of well-known nov... Read all
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  • Director
    • Laurent Cantet
  • Writers
    • Robin Campillo
    • Laurent Cantet
  • Stars
    • Marina Foïs
    • Matthieu Lucci
    • Florian Beaujean
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  • Director
    • Laurent Cantet
  • Writers
    • Robin Campillo
    • Laurent Cantet
  • Stars
    • Marina Foïs
    • Matthieu Lucci
    • Florian Beaujean
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    • 9User reviews
    • 63Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 6 nominations

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    Marina Foïs, Doudou Masta, Mélissa Guilbert, Matthieu Lucci, Florian Beaujean, Warda Rammach, Julien Souve, and Issam Talbi in The Workshop (2017)
    Marina Foïs, Doudou Masta, Mélissa Guilbert, Matthieu Lucci, Florian Beaujean, Warda Rammach, Julien Souve, and Issam Talbi in The Workshop (2017)
    Marina Foïs, Matthieu Lucci, and Julien Souve in The Workshop (2017)
    Matthieu Lucci in The Workshop (2017)
    Marina Foïs, Doudou Masta, Mélissa Guilbert, Matthieu Lucci, Florian Beaujean, Warda Rammach, Julien Souve, and Issam Talbi in The Workshop (2017)
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    The Workshop (2017)
    The Workshop (2017)
    Marina Foïs, Matthieu Lucci, and Julien Souve in The Workshop (2017)

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    Marina Foïs
    Marina Foïs
    • Olivia Dejazetas Olivia Dejazet
    Matthieu Lucci
    Matthieu Lucci
    • Antoineas Antoine
    Florian Beaujean
    Florian Beaujean
    • Etienneas Etienne
    Doudou Masta
    • Boubaas Bouba
    • (as Mamadou Doumbia)
    Mélissa Guilbert
    • Lolaas Lola
    Warda Rammach
    • Malikaas Malika
    Julien Souve
    • Benjaminas Benjamin
    Issam Talbi
    Issam Talbi
    • Fadias Fadi
    Olivier Thouret
    • Teddy Chauvin - le cousinas Teddy Chauvin - le cousin
    Charlie Barde
    • Jessicaas Jessica
    • (as Charlie Bardé)
    Marie Tarabella
    • Mathildeas Mathilde
    Youcef Agal
    • Romainas Romain
    Marianne Esposito
    • Claudiaas Claudia
    Thibaut Hernandez
    • Alexas Alex
    Axel Caillet
    • Yohanas Yohan
    Lény Sellam
    • Boris, l'éditeuras Boris, l'éditeur
    Anne-Sophie Fayolle
    • La mère d'Antoineas La mère d'Antoine
    Cédric Martinez
    • Le père d'Antoineas Le père d'Antoine
    • Director
      • Laurent Cantet
    • Writers
      • Robin Campillo
      • Laurent Cantet
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      French visa # 144207.
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      Featured in Filmmelier Drops: 'A Trama', extremismo, imigração e preconceito (2018)

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    8/10
    French situation described with nerve and intelligence
    Not unlike Laurent Cantet's famous movie "Entre les murs", this new one "The Workshop" (Originally "L'atelier", the film takes us to a class with different personalities. In both films we meet a group of French teenagers, brought together under the supervision of a teacher. Location is a French southern coastal town not far from Marseilles, La Ciotat, a town on the Mediterranean coast, which is beautifully filmed.

    The Workshop starts off with a class i creative writing which is to make the script of a thriller novel, and develops into a story which seem to spiral out of control due to one of the students, Antoine, which is a smart guy, but with obvious right wing thoughts when it comes to politics, though he says politics isn't of interest.

    La Ciotat is a port yard town in decline, but with nostalgic memories of its important past. The town is almost as a player in this itself, and when an elegant Parisian author Olivia Dejazet, great played by Marina Foïs, the student in the workshop finds her a snob. Dejazet is intrigued by the loner Antoine, with provocative attitude at the workshop. Antoine is brilliantly played by Matthieu Lucci, which is soon the main character in the movie. I won't tell more, except that it all spins out of control, and the film's best part is the tension and the question you start asking yourself.

    I would say this film in a very good way discusses the problems of modern French society today, with the start tensions which should be a huge concern. The film also refers to the Bataclan massacre, the Norwegian right winged terrorist Behring Breivik and his massacres as well as the truck driving terror incidents. Terrorism is not all a muslim activity.

    Political yes, but also a psychological drama between strong characters, and a French society under the microscope. I found the movie exiting in three ways. First what was going to happen, secondly what I would have done as the teacher, and thirdly the way the film takes up this discussion. I love that fact. the film is intelligent, and worth all the praise it's got from critics.
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    • Release date
      • October 11, 2017 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Cinéart (Belgium)
      • Diaphana Films (France)
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • El atelier
    • Filming locations
      • La Ciotat, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
    • Production companies
      • Archipel 35
      • France 2 Cinéma
      • Canal+
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €3,501,774 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $22,061
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,860
      • Mar 25, 2018
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,000,056
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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