Mine de rien is a French comedy film directed by Mathias Mlekuz, released in 2020.
Plot In a small town in northern France, a long-running mine is closing, leaving dozens of people without jobs. Not giving up, following the relocation of the company that promised to rehire them, the workers hold a sit-in in front of the site. Faced with a dilemma of the town's mayor, who threatens to seize the land, they come up with the idea to transform the old mine into an amusement park.
Cast Arnaud Ducret: Arnault Philippe Rebbot: Di Lello Mélanie Bernier: Stella Hélène Vincent: Thérèse, Arnault's Mother Rufus: Roger Morels Marianne Garcia: Bernadette Cyril Aubin: René Rebecca Finet: The Mayor Mohamed Makhtoumi: Roschdy Josef Mlekuz: Kévin Philippe Cabrelli: Cédric, Bernadette's Son Sophie Bourdon: Isabelle, Arnault's Ex-Wife Patrick Rocca: Lucien Borowjack Anthony Lequet: Victor Yanis Richard: Johan Gaëlle Fraysse: Sarah, Di Lello's Wife François Godart: Jean-Frédéric Tassadit Mandi: Madame Zelmani, Roschdy's Mother Fabio Zenoni: Police Officer #1 Laurent Dauvillée: Police Officer #2
Inspiration The director claims to have been inspired by the comedies of Yves Robert, Ettore Scola, Peter Cattaneo, and Ernst Lubitsch.
Filming Filming took place from December to January 2019, primarily in Lens, Loos-en-Gohelle, and Liévin.Lens Au Colisée ce vendredi, 450 figurants recherchés pour le long-métrage «Mine de rien», sur lavoixdunord.fr, consulté le 18 janvier 2020"Mine de rien" : avec Arnaud Ducret sur le tournage d'une comédie dans le Nord, sur francetvinfo.fr, consulté le 18 janvier 2020
Awards
2020 L'Alpe d'Huez Film Festival: Audience award..
Box office The film was released on February 26, 2020, in 304 theatres, and sold 14,598 tickets for its first day. The film's weekend opening sold a total of 67,070 tickers. The week following sold a total of 84,133.
The overall consensus was that the film had a weak opening, affected in part by the Coronavirus.
During its first free broadcast on television on the C8 channel, the film garnered a total of 810,000 viewers.
See also The Full Monty
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