Synopsis
Pauline, a devoted and generous home help nurse, raises her two children alone, while also looking after her father, a former steelworker. Taking advantage of her popularity, the directors of an extremist political party suggest she become their candidate at the mayoral elections.
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Cast
- Émilie DequennePauline Duhez
- André DussollierPhilippe Berthier
- Guillaume GouixStéphane Stankowiak, dit Stanko
- Catherine JacobAgnès Dorgelle
- Anne MarivinNathalie Leclerc
- Patrick DescampsJacques Duhez
- Michel FerracciDominique Orsini
- Jean-Louis SbilleM. Biaggi
- Charlotte TalpaertNada Belisha
- Cyril DescoursJean-Baptiste Verhaeghe
Recommendations
- 83
The A.V. Club
Belvaux has made a gutsy, discomfiting movie about going along to get along, and just how dangerous that impulse can ultimately be. - 80
The New York Times
The drama is well-paced, and all of the actors are wonderful. Mr. Dussollier, a regular presence in the late works of Alain Resnais, is resourceful in communicating Berthier’s disturbing dual nature, and Ms. Dequenne remains appealing even when her character is making the most grievously ill-advised choices. - 80
Los Angeles Times
This Is Our Land emerges as a vital portrait of political machination, human duality, the power of fear-mongering and how people can reflexively divide into "us and them." - 60
Variety
The film is so calculated in its plotting that it loses some of its chill. - 60
Village Voice
At times the film seems to struggle to find the right aperture: It hints at elements I wanted to know more about, and occasionally goes into avenues that seem to distract from Pauline’s compelling storyline. - 58
The Film Stage
This is Our Land’s biggest flaw lies in the bluntness of its message and approach. - 50
The New Yorker
We are left to rue This Is Our Land as an opportunity missed, and to wonder how else the tale could have been told. - 38
Slant Magazine
Throughout the film, Lucas Belvaux sidelines the emotional textures that might complicate all his sermonizing.
