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Storyline

November 1918. A few days before the Armistice, Édouard Péricourt saves Albert Maillard's life. These two men have nothing in common but the war. Lieutenant Pradelle, by ordering a senseless assault, destroys their lives while binding them as companions in misfortune. On the ruins of the carnage of WWI, condemned to live, the two attempt to survive. Thus, as Pradelle is about to make a fortune with the war victims' corpses, Albert and Édouard mount a monumental scam with the bereaved families' commemoration and with a nation's hero worship.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

San Sebastián International Film Festival 2017
Official Selection
Special Screenings
Solidarity Award of the Association of Blood Donors of Gipuzkoa / Elkartasun Saria

César 2018
Nominations:
Best Film
Best Director (Albert Dupontel) - WINNER
Best Actor (Albert Dupontel)
Best Score (Christophe Julien)
Best Supporting Actor (Mélanie Thierry)
Best Sound (Jean Minondo, Gurwal Coïc-Gallas, Cyril Holtz, Damien Lazzerini)
Best Editing (Christophe Pinel)
Best Adaptation (Albert Dupontel, Pierre Lemaitre) - WINNER
Best Filmography (Vincent Mathias) - WINNER
Best Decorations (Pierre Quefféléan)
Best Costumes (Mimi Lempicka) - WINNER
Best Supporting Actor (Laurent Lafitte, Niels Arestrup)
Best Production Design - WINNER

Releases

Spain (29 of June 2018)