Les Savates du bon Dieu

Workers for the Good Lord (French: Les savates du bon Dieu) is a 2000 French film directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau, starring Stanislas Merhar, Raphaële Godin and Emil Abossolo-Mbo. The film was chosen by Les Cahiers du cinéma as one of the 10 best pictures of 2000.[1]

Workers for the Good Lord
Directed byJean-Claude Brisseau
Produced byCorinne Bertelot
Written byJean-Claude Brisseau
StarringStanislas Merhar
Raphaële Godin
Emil Abossolo-Mbo
Music byJean Musy
CinematographyLaurent Fleutot
Romain Winding
Edited byMaria-Louis Garcia
Release date
2000
Running time
107 min minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Plot

Elodie tired of her husband Fred's generous ways, endangering family's finances, dumps him when he gets fired. Emotionally devastated he turns into a modern Robin Hood, robbing a post office to help a beggar, and escapes in a stolen car with Sandrine, who has long had a crush on him. They meet Maguette, an African prince turned into a penniless exile. Together the three head south.[1][2]

Cast
  • Stanislas Merhar as Fred
  • Raphaële Godin as Sandrine
  • Emil Abossolo-Mbo as Maguette
  • Coralie Revel as Elodie
  • Paulette Dubost as La grand-mère
  • Philippe Caroit as Jacques
  • Christian Pernet as Le garagiste
  • Romain R'Bibo as Miguel
  • Samir Fouzari as Marouf
  • Abder-Kader Dahou as Kamel
  • Albert Montias as Mangin
  • Fabienne Poncet
  • Aurélie Sterling as Nina

Critical reception

Lisa Nesselson reviewing the film in Variety termed it "a radical genre pastiche", "over the top", "extravagantly lensed, socio-romantic experiment" adding, "It's so bad it's good."[3]

References
  1. "Workers for the Good Lord". Facets Dvd. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  2. "Workers for the Good Lord". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  3. "Review: 'Workers for the Good Lord'". 10 April 2000. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
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