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In the Beginning

Year:

2009

Duration:

130 min | 155 min (Cannes Film Festival)

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

7.2

Director:

Xavier Giannoli

Awards:

3 wins & 13 nominations

Details

Country: France

Release Date: 2009-11-11

Filming Locations: Métropole lilloise, Nord, France

Cast

Actor

Character

Thierry Godard

François Cluzet

Philippe Miller / Paul

Emmanuelle Devos

Stéphane

Gérard Depardieu

Abel

Soko

Monika

Vincent Rottiers

Nicolas

Brice Fournier

Louis

Franck Andrieux

Pascal

Stéphan Wojtowicz

Marty

Patrick Descamps

Bollard

Stéphane Jobert

Patrick

Eric Herson-Macarel

Barracher

Patrick Bonnel

Cadre CGI

François Loriquet

Cadre CGI

Nathalie Boutefeu

Marie

Corinne Masiero

Corinne

Gabriel Naudy

Gaby

Marie Félix

Julie

Mathilde Braure

Cathy

Christine Gabard

La femme de Maurice

Roch Leibovici

Conseiller mairie

Jacques Herlin

Gendarme 1

Thierry Bertein

Gendarme 2

Marie Micla

Claude

Jean-Claude Bolle-Reddat

Tanner

Vincent Jouan

Vendeur Point P

Laurent Leguevaque

Juge

Emmanuel Plovier

Conseiller 1

François Hauteserre

Employé bureautique (as François Hautesserre)

Eric Paul

Fournisseur 1

Pierre-Yves Kiebbe

Fournisseur 2 (as Pierre Kiebbe)

Simon Ferrante

Fournisseur 3

Emmanuel Rausenberger

Collègue Patrick

Eric Bleuzé

Fonctionnaire de garde

François Godart

Officier de police

Marie Gili-Pierre

Employée CGI

Grégory Valais

(uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Based on a true story.

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Laurent Leguevaque was really a French judge who worked on the case which the movie is based on.

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According to director Xavier Giannoli an important civil works enterprise first proposed its help for finding a location, then abandoned. The movie was saved at the last minute by a civil-work material renter who proposed its help, its material and its workers to build the 2-km long where most of the film takes place.

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Goofs

While Philippe Miller runs across the construction area after the siren goes off, he falls on the ground and gets his right sleeve covered in mud. In the next shot when he has resumed running, the sleeve is clean again.

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