Bouli Lanners, Impec in José Bové (Critique)

No, it is not a biopic on the most famous mustachioed peasant in France, but history behind a scandal that shook the European Commission not so long ago …

The co-founder of Confédération Paysanne in mode Erin Brockovich. David against Goliath. The little French eco -friendly deputy who shakes the all -powerful secretary general of the European Commission. In A case in principleproposed on Canal +, Bouli Lanners embodied José Bovéin a film on the mysteries of power, which will be less biopic than political. Trailer:

History, adapted from the book “Hold-up in Brussels, lobbies in the heart of Europe” (by José Bové, in collaboration with Gilles Luneau, published in 2015) recounts the influence of tobacco lobbies on the Commission and on Europe, which tried to denounce at the time José Bovéthen MEP.

“Brussels, 2012. When the Health Commissioner is dismissed overnight, in the greatest opacity, the European deputy José Bové and his parliamentary assistants decide to conduct the investigation. They will then discover a real plot threatening to destabilize European authorities, to their summit”details the synopsis.

In this film directed by Antoine Raimbaultthe humorist Thomas VDB plays a role as a counter-employment journalist, and Céleste Brunnquell A trainee. It is through his eyes that the public discovers the through political world. Here is our criticism:

In 2012, José Bové, European deputy, put his nose in a conspiracy combining European bodies and tobacco lobbies, starting from the Dalli case (a European commissioner accused of corruption) to the directive in preparation for neutral cigarette packs. Antoine Raimbault (director of the remarkable An intimate conviction) Decides to make it an office thriller where Bouli Lanners walks the corridors of the Parliament and the European Commission, from Strasbourg to Brussels, in the guise of the revolutionary peasant. Impecus in the role, it is not enough to have us getting all the challenges of the investigation. Malin, Raimbault joined in a celestial brunnquell, perfect in Candide trainee in order to popularize everything. But despite a playful staging, the film is no exception to the annoying question, that of wondering if a documentary would not have been more adequate …

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