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Summary Gary (Tahar Rahim) lands a job as a decontamination sub-contractor at a nuclear power plant in the lower Rhone valley. Inducted into the workforce by supervisor Gilles and veteran Toni, Gary discovers that radiation contamination is not just a risk factor but an everyday hazard. At the same time, he begins an illicit affair with Karole (...

Directed By: Rebecca Zlotowski

Written By: Gaëlle Macé, Ulysse Korolitski, Rebecca Zlotowski

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Grand Central

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
73
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Summary Gary (Tahar Rahim) lands a job as a decontamination sub-contractor at a nuclear power plant in the lower Rhone valley. Inducted into the workforce by supervisor Gilles and veteran Toni, Gary discovers that radiation contamination is not just a risk factor but an everyday hazard. At the same time, he begins an illicit affair with Karole (...

Directed By: Rebecca Zlotowski

Written By: Gaëlle Macé, Ulysse Korolitski, Rebecca Zlotowski

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
4 Reviews
33% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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83
Sep 18, 2016
Zlotowski has turned in a beguiling film that impresses as much for its oddly specific and well-researched setting (the ragtag community of lower-grade workers at a nuclear power plant), as for the romance, and maintains impressive narrative and tonal control right up until an ending that falters just at the final hurdle.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 18, 2016
Some critics have expressed reservations about melodrama and overworked symbolism, but I found it gripping, with an edge of delirium.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 18, 2016
Seydoux again offers a frank turn, while Rahim and Ménochet add real class.
By James Mottram FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 18, 2016
Zlotowski's Grand Central is a fascinating film on an urgent and seldom-explored situation.
By John Bleasdale FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 18, 2016
[Zlotowski] creates a situation, casts it perfectly, and backs out of a fully achieved story. As drama, it’s coitus interruptus, with a Geiger counter doing the interrupting.
By Tim Robey FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 18, 2016
A gripping if occasionally overwrought drama radiated by a standout turn from Seydoux.
By David Parkinson FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Les Films Velvet, France 3 Cinéma, Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, KGP Filmproduktion, France Télévisions, Canal+, Ciné+, Soficinéma 9, Région Rhône-Alpes, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Land Niederösterreich, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
Duration 1 h 34 m
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Awards

Lumiere Awards, France
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Cabourg Romantic Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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