The Workshop (French: L'Atelier) is a 2017 French drama film co-written and directed by Laurent Cantet. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.[3][4]

The Workshop
Film poster
Directed byLaurent Cantet
Written byRobin Campillo
Laurent Cantet
Produced byDenis Freyd
StarringMarina Foïs
Matthieu Lucci
CinematographyPierre Milon
Edited byMathilde Muyard
Music byEdouard Pons
Bedis Tir
Release dates
  • 22 May 2017 (2017-05-22) (Cannes)
  • 11 October 2017 (2017-10-11) (France)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$4 million[1]
Box office$1 million[2]

Plot

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Olivia, a well-known Parisian novelist, runs a writing workshop with a group of young people in La Ciotat, in the South of France. She is particularly intrigued by Antoine, a taciturn and not very sociable, young man. Antoine makes writing proposals that others consider shocking, and becomes the "black sheep" of the group. Olivia and Antoine, who seeks escape from his daily life by immersing himself in an extreme right-wing ideology (following Luc Borel, a fascist leader inspired from real-life Alain Soral), develop a relationship that is marked by attraction and repulsion.

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Reception

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On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 89% based on 44 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 7.1/10.[5] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 74 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "L\'Atelier (The Workshop) (2017) - JPBox-Office". jpbox-office.com. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  2. ^ "The Workshop (2018) - International Box Office Results - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  3. ^ "The 2017 Official Selection". Cannes Film Festival. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  4. ^ Winfrey, Graham (13 April 2017). "2017 Cannes Film Festival Announces Lineup: Todd Haynes, Sofia Coppola, 'Twin Peaks' and More". IndieWire. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  5. ^ "The Workshop". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  6. ^ "The Workshop Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
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