At Work (2025)

Original title

À pied d’œuvre

Directed by

Valérie Donzelli

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

TP

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 66 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A successful photographer named Paul Marquet gives up his career to become a writer. He ends up struggling with poverty and the consequences of his choice.

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What happens

At Work (French: À pied d'œuvre) is a 2025 French drama film and directed by Valérie Donzelli, co-written with Gilles Marchand, based on the novel of the same name by Franck Courtès. It stars Bastien Bouillon as Paul Marquet, a photographer who abandons his successful career to pursue writing, but falls into poverty. The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on 29 August 2025, where it won the Best Screenplay award. It was released theatrically in France by Diaphana Films on 4 February 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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