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Excess Will Save Us
“What happens in the family stays in the family.”
7.0 / 10• 2022• 1h 40m•NR• French
DramaComedy
Storyline
A young filmmaker returns to the village where she was born – a hamlet in the north of France – to investigate a strange story about a terrorist threat. She starts with members of her own family, and doesn’t have to go much further. The misunderstanding – as it turns out to be – shows above all how alarmist news items and political machinations in the cities can take on a life of their own, deep in the hinterland.
Cast & Crew
Morgane Dziurla-Petit
Herself
LeadBP
Bernard Petit
Himself
Jean-Benoît Ugeux
Fabrice
KT
Kim Truong
Faustine
RP
Roger Petit
Himself
MC
Marie-Christine Carlier
Herself
PP
Patrick Petit
Himself
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Morgane Dziurla-Petit's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Excess Will Save Us is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
