THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO (Les neiges du Kilimandjaro, 2011)

Solidarity action against rights cuts

France. Direction: Robert Guédiguian. Production: Robert Guédiguian / AGAT Films & Cie. Screenplay: Robert Guédiguian, Jean-Louis Milési. Photography: Pierre Milon. Edition: Bernard Sasia. Cast: Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Ariane Ascaride, Gérard Meylan, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Anais Demoustier. Running time: 107 min

LANGUAGE: French / SUBTITLES: Spanish

Despite having lost his job, Michel lives happily with Marie-Claire. The two have been in love for 30 years... Their grandchildren fill them with joy. They are proud of their trade union and political struggles... But their happiness is shattered like their window shutters when two armed men in masks break in, brutally beat them, tie them up, rip off their wedding rings and make off with their credit cards.

Latest film from the Marseille-born Robert Guédiguian, author among others of Marius and Jeannette (1997), The Town Is Quiet (2000) and My Father Is an Engineer (2004).