The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Michel happily. But then he is brutally robbed. The shock will be all the more violent when they discover that this lives brutal attack was organized by a former collegue. Michel (Jean-Pierre Darroussin), lives happily with Marie-Claire (Ariane Ascaride), his wife of nearly 30 years. A dedicated trade unionist, he must call out the names in a draw in the shipyard to select who will be among the 20 workers to be laid off. Although he did not need to place his own name in the bin, he did and it is drawn. So he loses his job along with 19 others. His fellow workers and his family organize a party for his 30th wedding anniversary and present them with travel money and a ticket to Tanzania to visit Mount Kilimanjaro, singing the 1960s hit song Kilimandjaro. Raoul, Michel's brother-in-law, workmate and fellow trade union official presents him with a treasured but long-lost comic book from Michel's childhood. Before they leave for their holiday, Michel and Marie-Claire are brutally robbed while at home. Michel is injured in the attack. One of the two robbers takes the comic book. The shock will be all the more violent when they discover that this brutal attack was organized by one of the young workers laid off at the same time as Michel, by one of their own people...

Keywords

  • Cannes: Un Certain Regard
  • Festival de Cannes
  • Festival de Cannes - Tax Shelter
  • Pierre Niney
  • family
  • friendship
  • politics
  • struggle

Actors

  • Julie-Marie Parmentier
  • Marilyne Canto
  • Anaïs Demoustier
  • Jean-Pierre Darroussin
  • Ariane Ascaride
  • Karole Rocher
  • Gérard Meylan
  • Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
  • Pierre Niney
  • Adrien Jolivet
  • Robinson Stévenin
  • Frédérique Bonnal

Director

  • Robert Guédiguian

Crime


1h 47min


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France
2010
Michel happily. But then he is brutally robbed. The shock will be all the more violent when they discover that this lives brutal attack was organized by a former collegue.

Michel happily. But then he is brutally robbed. The shock will be all the more violent when they discover that this lives brutal attack was organized by a former collegue.


Michel (Jean-Pierre Darroussin), lives happily with Marie-Claire (Ariane Ascaride), his wife of nearly 30 years. A dedicated trade unionist, he must call out the names in a draw in the shipyard to select who will be among the 20 workers to be laid off. Although he did not need to place his own name in the bin, he did and it is drawn. So he loses his job along with 19 others. His fellow workers and his family organize a party for his 30th wedding anniversary and present them with travel money and a ticket to Tanzania to visit Mount Kilimanjaro, singing the 1960s hit song Kilimandjaro. Raoul, Michel's brother-in-law, workmate and fellow trade union official presents him with a treasured but long-lost comic book from Michel's childhood. Before they leave for their holiday, Michel and Marie-Claire are brutally robbed while at home. Michel is injured in the attack. One of the two robbers takes the comic book. The shock will be all the more violent when they discover that this brutal attack was organized by one of the young workers laid off at the same time as Michel, by one of their own people...

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