Joseph l'insoumis
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1956, a handful of families survive in makeshift shelters in appalling poverty and daily violence. A man, Joseph Wresinski , a priest, himself born into great poverty, decides to settle among those he calls "his people". Among these families, that of Jacques. His life will be transformed by his meeting with Father Joseph. His own, but also that of the people who will join the fight of this revolutionary priest. A fight against assistance and charity which, he says, “push the poor into indignity
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Cast
28 people
Jacques Weber
Joseph Wresinski
Known for
La Mante
Cyrano de Bergerac
Anouk Grinberg
Alicia
Known for
The Night of the 12th
The Innocent
Philippe Dussau
Caroline Glorion
Jeremy Burdek
Nicolas Louis
Jacques
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François Drouot
Salomé Stévenin
Suzanne
Known for
Le Chef
Omar Killed Me
Colo Tavernier O'Hagan
Emmanuel Giraud
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Laurence Côte
Rose
Known for
Just the Two of Us
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Nadia Khamlichi
Caroline Glorion Director · Philippe Dussau Writer Frédéric Vercheval Composer
Budget $3M · First release February 12, 2011 · Produced in Belgium, France
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Budget
$3,000,000
Production
Iota Production
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Les Films de la Croisade
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The Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal government
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Région Aquitaine
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TV5 Monde
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uFilm
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Umedia
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Belgium · France
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Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · February 12, 2011
Premiere · Luchon Film Festival
France · October 18, 2011
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