Poor Bastards

Poor Bastards is a sketch film, written by twelve authors. Mirror or projection, poor bastards have fun with everyday facts and do not tell a story, but stories. Through these short and bitter stories, are revealed all the cracks of the human race, which, in a movement of globalization and neoliberalism more and more assertive, can lead the ordinary man to be a monster of cowardice, cruelty, indifference or hypocrisy. Poor bastards from an odd angle, transcribe reality provocatively or not, always with the same ambition: to react.

Directed by Christophe Alévêque, GiedRé, Nadia Kozlowski Bourgade, Miguel-Ange Sarmiento, Rémi Cotta, Charles Dubois, Sophie Forte, Albert Meslay, Jean-Claude Deret, Patrice Leconte, Poor Bastards leans on a strong ensemble — Arielle Dombasle, Zabou Breitman, Christophe Alévêque — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.

The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about comedy titles of 2019.