70-year-old anarchists blow up an arms factory and somehow become Swiss folk heroes.
Jean-Luc and his old gang of 1968 pacifists, now in their seventies, reunite to make a film protesting against Swiss military export. After blowing up an arms factory they are brought to justice, but many hail them as heroes.
Acting
Jean-Luc Bideau's weathered idealism hits different when he's actually 70.
Writing
The title is a fake-out and the actual film is better for it.
Director
Fred Baillif
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Fred Baillif spent years documenting real Swiss activist groups before fictionalizing their stories.
The title deliberately echoes 1960s Godard provocations while the film subverts his macho revolutionary tropes through elderly vulnerability.
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