In the Beginning (2009 film)

In the Beginning
Film poster
Directed by	Xavier Giannoli
Written by	Xavier Giannoli
Produced by	Pierre-Ange Le Pogam Celia Simonnet Edouard Weil
Starring	François Cluzet Emmanuelle Devos
Cinematography	Glynn Speeckaert
Edited by	Célia Lafitedupont
Music by	Cliff Martinez
Production companies	Rectangle Productions Studio 37 France 3 Cinéma
Distributed by	EuropaCorp
Release date	20 May 2009 (2009-05-20)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	$2.8 million

In the Beginning (French: À l'origine) is a 2009 French drama film directed by Xavier Giannoli. The film competed in the main competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.

Plot

The film tells the dramatized true story of Philippe Berre, a Frenchman with a reputation as an impostor. In the film, much as actual events, Monsieur Berre goes to a small town, passing himself off as a civil engineer, and claims that the government has decided to start previously scrapped plans for the construction of a highway. He commissions supplies, gains construction vehicles, and brings jobs to the community and actually constructs a section of roadway in the process before being discovered.

Cast

The cast and director at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

• François Cluzet as Paul / Philippe Miller
• Emmanuelle Devos as Stéphane
• Brice Fournier as Louis
• Soko as Monika
• Vincent Rottiers as Nicolas
• Gérard Depardieu as Abel
• Corinne Masiero as Corinne
• Patrick Descamps as Bollard
• Thierry Godard as Michel

External links

• In the Beginning at IMDb