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A Man of His Time
Plot
A Man of His Time (original title Notre salut, "Our Salvation") opens in 1940. France has just fallen to Germany, and the collaborationist government sets up shop in Vichy, a spa town that becomes a capital overnight.
That is where Henri Marre heads. Under his arm is a manuscript called, fittingly, Notre salut, and he is sure those pages can rescue France. He wants it published and wants the people in charge to listen.
To get there, Henri throws himself into serving the new regime. The film follows this ordinary man, full of certainty, as he tries to climb the Vichy machine, with his wife, Paulette, nearby.
Henri is fictional, but Emmanuel Marre drew on his own great-grandfather, who worked in the 1940s for an unemployment agency office in Limoges. Swann Arlaud plays the lead in a period drama shot with small, nimble digital cameras.
Lead character inspired by the director's great-grandfather
Official trailer
Awards and nominees
- Cannes Film Festival 2026 · Best Screenplay
Trivia
- The crew planned to shoot on 16mm but switched to two Digital Bolex cameras for budget, take length and camera size.
- Shooting began on 14 April 2025 in Vichy, Limoges, Bordeaux and Brussels.
- Besides Best Screenplay, it took the Art House Cinema award, a Citizenship Prize mention and the CST award for Nicolas Rumpl's editing.
Cast
- Henri MarreSwann Arlaud
- Paulette MarreSandrine Blancke
- GasqueMathieu Perotto
- HarpoHarpo Guit
- CorinneMathilde Abd-el-Kader
- MauxJean-Baptiste Marre
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
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