A Man of His Time

Notre salut

Director — Emmanuel Marre

Country — Belgium, France

Genres — Comedy, Drama, History

Cast — Swann Arlaud, Sandrine Blancke, Mathieu Perotto, Harpo Guit, Mathilde Abd El Kader, Jean-Baptiste Marre, Bruno Borsu, Claudine Barthel Fournier

Synopsis — September 1940. Henri Marre arrives alone in Vichy as the authoritarian regime settles in. Broke, estranged from his family, and carrying copies of his self-published manifesto Notre Salut (Our Salvation), the 49-year-old is determined to secure what he believes is his rightful place in the new administration. In his writing, Henri sets out his patriotic convictions and his engineer’s methodology: efficiency above all. Claiming he wants to help save France after defeat, he does whatever is required to remain useful, serving the machinery of the new order with increasing skill. But he may be pursuing something more urgent: escape from his own ruin