My Piece of the Pie

My Piece of the Pie

2011 · 109 min · FR · 5.7 (196 votes)
Dir. Cédric Klapisch · Starring Karin Viard, Gilles Lellouche, Audrey Lamy, Jean-Pierre Martins, Zinedine Soualem, Raphaële Godin · Music Loïc Dury
DramaComedy

France, a factory worker, lives with her three daughters in Dunkirk. The factory where she worked has been closed, leaving France and all of her workmates without a job. She decides to go to Paris to look for work. There she finds a cleaning job at the home of a rich man, Steve, whose world is radically different from her own. As their paths keep crossing, she discovers that her employer played a part in closing the factory in Dunkirk...

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A stark, grounded portrayal of economic hardship and social divides. It feels like a quiet protest, building frustration and a sense of weary resilience against overwhelming odds. The performances carry a raw, authentic weight.

tensefrustratedresilientbittersweetsteadysocial realismcharacter-driven dramaEuropean cinemaclass struggleeconomic hardshipsocial injusticefamily
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