Cannes film festival: Swann Arlaud is excellent as Henri Marre, the director’s great-grandfather, as he finagles his way into a job at the Vichy ministry of labour

EN COMPÉTITION – France, septembre 1940, début de l’Occupation. Henri Marre (Swann Arlaud) débarque à Vichy, espérant s’y faire une place. Emmanuel Marre (“Rien à foutre”) brode…

Cannes film festival: Swann Arlaud is excellent as Henri Marre, the director’s great-grandfather, as he finagles his way into a job at the Vichy ministry of labour