In the Beginning

In the Beginning

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Release Date

11/11/2009

Runtime

130 mins

Genres

Overview

France, present day. A professional conman passes himself off as the boss of a construction site building a highway extension. He cons the whole region, hires dozens of workers and cynically enjoys the profits of his scam until he meets the lady mayor of a small village that the road will go through. She intrigues and unsettles him, before revealing to him a world he never knew: feelings. How far will he go now to save his victims and save himself from his own lies?

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

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Revenue

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A con man's carefully constructed world of cynicism fractures when genuine human connection forces him to reckon with his own capacity for feeling. It's a slow-burn portrait of transformation that lingers in moral ambiguity.

Mood

WistfulBittersweetContemplativeUnsettling

Themes

RedemptionIdentityLoveCorruption

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

Naturalistic

Structure

Linear

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