Goliath
- 2022
- 2h 1m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
2.5K
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Patrick is a tenacious lawyer specializing in environmental law. France is a schoolteacher who becomes an activist after her husband develops cancer from exposure to a pesticide. Mathias is ... Read allPatrick is a tenacious lawyer specializing in environmental law. France is a schoolteacher who becomes an activist after her husband develops cancer from exposure to a pesticide. Mathias is an ambitious lobbyist for a chemical corporation.Patrick is a tenacious lawyer specializing in environmental law. France is a schoolteacher who becomes an activist after her husband develops cancer from exposure to a pesticide. Mathias is an ambitious lobbyist for a chemical corporation.
Bruno Raffaelli
- Claude Delahaye
- (as Bruno Raffaelli de la Comédie Française)
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Not a wonderful movie but a good play by all the actors. Gilles Lellouche and Pierre Niney are very good in theirs characters.
Regarding the topic, it's a Frederic Tellier's movie with the Bads (companies & lobbies) and the Goods (ie activists). And the Goods have to win. Of course the topic about chemicals products is very interesting and the consequences on the health of farmers and neighborhood of the farms and the fields. But I don't like this kind of position, too unique. So, I don't know what thinking about this movie, if I liked it or I hated it.
Watch it to have your own opinion on it.
Regarding the topic, it's a Frederic Tellier's movie with the Bads (companies & lobbies) and the Goods (ie activists). And the Goods have to win. Of course the topic about chemicals products is very interesting and the consequences on the health of farmers and neighborhood of the farms and the fields. But I don't like this kind of position, too unique. So, I don't know what thinking about this movie, if I liked it or I hated it.
Watch it to have your own opinion on it.
Great film, great actors, very powerful. This film should be seen by everyone, to think about what we eat every day and the impact it has on other people. A must see.
Excellent movie. It has several important and subtle details that only keen eyes can connect. Luckily it completely anguished me from start to finish. The construction of the characters, the relationship with the unfortunate reality, the performance of the actors, the colors, the camera movements. Nothing is by chance, each scene brings a deeper reflection, we just need to know how to read that. A true work of art, congratulations to all involved.
No pun intended - actually exactly what the movie (title) suggests. There is a reason the title was chosen - it is more a metaphorical giant of course. An enemy that cannot be seen - well he/they can be seen in the movie, but I mean generally speaking. You may not be too aware of a specific thing the movie is telling you (us), but you understand where it goes ... you understand the heart of the movie and you get the fight of the ... well common people.
And it is not something you can attribute to one country. You had health/ecological issues in all countries .. depending on how much international politics you watch, you will already know that ... a strong drama(tic) entry ... very well played and well edited. Important movie ... especially if you dig it.
And it is not something you can attribute to one country. You had health/ecological issues in all countries .. depending on how much international politics you watch, you will already know that ... a strong drama(tic) entry ... very well played and well edited. Important movie ... especially if you dig it.
The film essentially criticizes the practices of Monsanto around Glyphosate (although they use a fictional company and fictional pesticide), who biased scientific research in various ways, eg, discrediting research, paying scientists, etc.
It turns out that this film does exactly the same for the other camp. The film has absolutely no nuance and exaggerates every aspect of fight against glyphosate.
It pits sympathetic characters-a grieving lawyer (Patrick), a determined activist (France), and a conflicted lobbyist (Mathias)-against Phytosanis, a stand-in for Monsanto depicted as a ruthless corporation knowingly hiding the dangers of its pesticide. This creates a classic David vs. Goliath narrative, with the corporation as the unambiguous villain.
The reality is much more nuanced. By taking such an extreme, this film is essentially guilty of the same type of biased influencing as Monsanto.
It turns out that this film does exactly the same for the other camp. The film has absolutely no nuance and exaggerates every aspect of fight against glyphosate.
It pits sympathetic characters-a grieving lawyer (Patrick), a determined activist (France), and a conflicted lobbyist (Mathias)-against Phytosanis, a stand-in for Monsanto depicted as a ruthless corporation knowingly hiding the dangers of its pesticide. This creates a classic David vs. Goliath narrative, with the corporation as the unambiguous villain.
The reality is much more nuanced. By taking such an extreme, this film is essentially guilty of the same type of biased influencing as Monsanto.
Did you know
- TriviaOriginally, Emmanuelle Bercot was supposed to play the part of the lawyer, Gilles Lellouche the part of the lobbyist and Pierre Niney the part of a gym teacher turned activist. But Gilles Lellouche didn't want the bad guy part like he had in My Piece of the Pie (2011). So he convinced the director to give him the lawyer part, and thus Emmanuelle Bercot got the activist part and Pierre Niney the lobbyist part.
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- Also known as
- Moč Resnicea
- Filming locations
- Hotel Melia Paris La Défense - 3 Boulevard de Neuilly, Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France(as Phytosanis building exteriors)
- Production companies
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- Budget
- €11,200,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $5,799,253
- Runtime
- 2h 1m(121 min)
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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