Making Of

Making Of

2024 · 119 min · FR · 5.7 (144 votes)
Dir. Cédric Kahn · Starring Denis Podalydès, Jonathan Cohen, Stefan Crepon, Souheila Yacoub, Emmanuelle Bercot, Xavier Beauvois · Music Rebecca Delannet

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Simon, a well-known French filmmaker, starts shooting his next film. A story about workers fighting to protect their factory from being relocated. But nothing goes as planned... His producer Viviane wants to rewrite the ending and is threatening to cut the budget; his own crew goes on strike; his personal life is in shambles; and to make things worse, his lead actor Alain is an egocentric jerk. Joseph, an extra who wants to get into the film industry, agrees to direct the making of and shoot the behind-the-scenes. He takes his role very seriously and starts following around the crew, capturing all this mess... What follows is proof that the making of can sometimes be far better than the film itself!

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Experience the chaotic, darkly humorous reality behind the silver screen. This meta-narrative offers a self-aware, frustrating yet insightful look into the artistic struggle and industry satire, all through an observational lens. It's a steady unraveling of creative ambition versus messy reality.

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