The Workshop (2017)
The scene is set one Summer in La Ciotat, a town near Marseille which used to be prosperous thanks to its huge dockyard but has been in decline since its closing 25 years before. It is in this context of quiet desperation that a writing workshop has been set up to help a group of seven young people integrate into the world of work. Under the guidance of well-known novelist Olivia Dejazet, the participants are asked to write a noir fiction connected with the industrial past of their hometown. Session after session, one of them, a boy named Antoine, stands out. Provocative and aggressive, he gets noticed by his systematic opposition to all, including Olivia. Even more alarming, the story he has devised and that he reads aloud, the cold description of a mass murder seen through the eyes of its perpetrator, proves very disturbing. Antoine understands the killer too well. At this point, Olivia starts experiencing a feeling of attraction repulsion to Antoine.
All Releases
Domestic (2.2%)
$22,061
$22,061
International (97.8%)
$977,995
$977,995
Worldwide
$1,000,056
$1,000,056
Domestic DistributorStrand Releasing
See full company information
See full company information
Domestic Opening$2,860
Earliest Release DateOctober 11, 2017
(France)
Running Time1 hr 53 min
GenresDrama
Mystery
Thriller
IMDbPro
See more details at IMDbPro
| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Laurent Cantet | Director |
| Robin Campillo | Writer |
| Laurent Cantet | Writer |
| Denis Freyd | Producer |
| Edouard Pons | Composer |
| Bedis Tir | Composer |
| Pierre Milon | Cinematographer |
| Mathilde Muyard | Editor |
| Serge Borgel | Production Designer |
| Cast | Role |
|---|---|
| Marina Foïs | |
| Matthieu Lucci | |
| Florian Beaujean | |
| Doudou Masta |
