Snows of the Kilimanjaro

About the movie

Despite losing his job, Michel lives happily with Marie-Claire. They have been in love for more than thirty years. Their children and their grandchildren bring them joy and they are surrounded by their close friends. They are proud of their political struggles and moral values. This happiness will be shattered by two armed and masked men who attacked them violently, tie them up, and snatch the money they had received to go for a trip to Kilimanjaro. The shock will be even more violent when they discover that this attack was organized by one of Michel’s young co-workers, Christophe, that was laid off along with him. Michel and Marie-Claire gradually discover that Christophe also must take care of his two young brothers, as they were abandoned by their parents.
Robert Guédiguian (Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers, The Town is Quiet) is one of the big French auteurs in today’s French cinema and have been nominated for the Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival. Starring Ariane Ascaride (Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers, Marius and Jeannette), Jean-Pierre Darroussin (The Town is Quiet, Conversations with My Gardener) and Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet (The Beautiful Person, Love Songs). Winner of the Lux prize 2011.

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