A 35 ans, Sam est un casseur de coffres hors pair. Entre la garde de son petit garçon qu'il élève seul, son grand-père qui rêverait de le voir rejoindre l'entreprise familiale, sa petite amie qui se lasse de ses mensonges, il essaie désespérément de devenir un Mensch, un homme bien.
Acting
Nicolas Cazalé's wounded charisma carries every scene.
Writing
'Mensch' as loaded concept—clever, not preachy.
Direction
Suissa balances heist tension with domestic messiness.
Director
Steve Suissa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
'Mensch' comes from Yiddish, not French—Suissa uses it to explore Jewish identity and moral aspiration in secular France.
The film mirrors Cazalé's own career trajectory: known for 'The Grocer's Son,' he's often cast as men escaping family expectations.
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