Excess Will Save Us

Jan 30, 2022

1h 40m

★ 7.0

What happens in the family stays in the family.

Overview

A young filmmaker returns to the village where she was born – a hamlet in the north of France – to investigate a strange story about a terrorist threat. She starts with members of her own family, and doesn’t have to go much further. The misunderstanding – as it turns out to be – shows above all how alarmist news items and political machinations in the cities can take on a life of their own, deep in the hinterland.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Vilda Bomben Film

Excess Will Save Us Trailers

Cast

Herself

Morgane Dziurla-Petit

Himself

Bernard Petit

Fabrice

Jean-Benoît Ugeux

Faustine

Kim Truong

Himself

Roger Petit

Herself

Marie-Christine Carlier

Himself

Patrick Petit

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