Those Who Care (2021)

Since the cult success of Merci Patron!, activist/journalist/filmmaker François Ruffin has become an MP. Here, he attempts to table a law aimed at upholding the rights of what in Quebec are known as caregivers, and shows us in passing how a law whose need seems patently obvious is put together, debated, voted on and . . . dies on the battleground of French politics. A stirring documentary about social injustice that somehow manages to make us bust a gut laughing as we rage with indignation. And also cry at the beauty of it all, thanks to the director’s humanist sensibility and a deft play between reality and fiction.

Released

2021-08-27

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

85 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Gilles Perret, François Ruffin, Gilles Perret, François Ruffin

TMDB rating

7.6/10 from 21 votes