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  • 2019
  • Cinema Libre Studio
  • 1 h 53 m
  • 2019
  • Cinema Libre Studio
  • 1 h 53 m

Summary Despite heavy financial sacrifices on the part of their employees and record profits that year, the management of Perrin Industries decides to shut down a factory. The 1100 employees, led by their spokesman Laurent Amédéo (Vincent Lindon), decide to fight this brutal decision, ready to do everything to save their jobs.

Directed By: Stéphane Brizé

Written By: Ralph Blindauer, Olivier Gorce, Olivier Lemaire, Xavier Mathieu, Stéphane Brizé

  • 2019
  • Cinema Libre Studio
  • 1 h 53 m
  • 2019
  • Cinema Libre Studio
  • 1 h 53 m

At War

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Summary Despite heavy financial sacrifices on the part of their employees and record profits that year, the management of Perrin Industries decides to shut down a factory. The 1100 employees, led by their spokesman Laurent Amédéo (Vincent Lindon), decide to fight this brutal decision, ready to do everything to save their jobs.

Directed By: Stéphane Brizé

Written By: Ralph Blindauer, Olivier Gorce, Olivier Lemaire, Xavier Mathieu, Stéphane Brizé

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
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33% Mixed
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0% Negative
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88
Jul 19, 2019
At War is an exhausting film to watch in the best sense, venting our anger at the dehumanizing forces in society until we are left drained, contemplating our impending challenges with newfound clarity.
By Matt Fagerholm FULL REVIEW
80
May 17, 2018
The final moments veer too far towards the melodramatic, especially when the rest of the movie has exhibited a preference for the intellectual powers of argument, logic and reason, however the sense of desperation and accompanying symbolism is tragically potent.
By Martyn Conterio FULL REVIEW
70
May 17, 2018
The chief value of the impassioned but slightly flavorless At War is that it gives Lindon another opportunity to wear the undersung virtue of ordinary, rough-hewn decency the way a superhero might wear a cape.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW
67
Jul 17, 2019
Ultimately, At War isn’t able to offer much more than gradual escalation of intensity. Even before the war is over, it’s hard not to withdraw.
By Lawrence Garcia FULL REVIEW
63
Jul 9, 2019
It’s a gripping and glum account of the ebb and flow of a strike in an era when all the power lies with management, and too much of the media sympathy lies with ownership — stockholders.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 15, 2019
It’s always clear who’s right and who’s wrong, which material interests each is representing, and who’s lying and who’s telling the truth.
By Jesse Cataldo FULL REVIEW
40
May 17, 2018
This is a stridently, bafflingly cacophonous movie which despite some smart, shrewd touches, is pretty much content with its single note of shouting acrimony and finishes by immolating itself in martyred self-pity.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Nord-Ouest Films, France 3 Cinéma, France Télévisions, Orange Cinéma Séries, Ciné+, La Banque Postale Image 11, Cofinova 14, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Département du Lot-et-Garonne
Release Date Jul 19, 2019
Duration 1 h 53 m
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Awards

Chicago International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Globes de Cristal Awards, France
• 2 Nominations
Palic Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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