Our Struggles

Feature Film | 2017-2018 | Belgium, France

Main data

Director	Guillaume Senez
Written by	Guillaume Senez, Raphaëlle Valbrune-Desplechin
Production	Iota Production [be], Les Films Pelléas [fr], Savage Film [be], RTBF (Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française) [be]
Distributor	Be for Films [be], Cineworx Filmproduktion [ch], Cinéart [be], Haut et Court [fr]

Project data

Film financing	Cinema and Audiovisual Centre of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation [be] Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) [be] Normandie Images [fr] - script funding Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes [fr] Centre National du Cinéma et de L' Image Animée [fr] (CNC) [fr] Creative Europe MEDIA [eu]

Trailers/Videos

[fr] Bande-annonce officielle ( Haut et Court)

Posters

Brief synopsis

Olivier does the best he can to ght injustice at work. But from one day to the next, when his wife Laura abandons the family home, he is left alone to juggle between the children’s needs, life’s daily challenges and his job. Faced with these new responsibilities, he struggles to nd a balance.
Because Laura’s not coming back.

Cast

Actor	Role name	Voice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Romain Duris	Olivier [L]
Laure Calamy	Claire [L]
Lætitia Dosch	Betty [L]
Lucie Debay	Laura [L]
Basile Grunberger	Elliot [SR]
Léna Girard Voss	Rose [SR]
Dominique Valadié	Joëlle [SR]
Sarah Le Picard	Agathe [SR]
Cédric Vieira	Paul [SR]

Crew

Activity	Name	Comment
1st AD	Franck Morand
Director of photography	Elin Kirschfink
Casting director	Laure Cochener
Casting director (children)	Sebastián Moradiellos
Costume designer	Julie Lebrun
Director	Guillaume Senez
Script supervisor	Gaëlle Debaisieux
Editor	Julie Brenta
Producer	David Thion
Producer	Philippe Martin
Producer	Isabelle Truc
Co-producer	Bart Van Langendonck
Production designer	Florin Dima
Production manager	Sylvie Balland
Screenwriter	Guillaume Senez
Screenwriter	Raphaëlle Valbrune-Desplechin
Production sound mixer	Fabrice Osinski
Sound re-recording mixer	Franco Piscopo

Production companies

Company	Comment
Iota Production [be]
Les Films Pelléas [fr]
Savage Film [be]
RTBF (Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française) [be] participation	participation

Distribution / Sales companies

Company	Comment
Be for Films [be] International Sales	International Sales
Cineworx Filmproduktion [ch] Switzerland (theatrical)	Switzerland (theatrical)
Cinéart [be] Benelux (theatrical)	Benelux (theatrical)
Haut et Court [fr] France (theatrical)	France (theatrical)

Awards

Award winner	Year	Award	Category
Guillaume Senez	2018	Semaine de la critique Cannes [fr] Séance spéciale	Séance spéciale	Nominated
Guillaume Senez	2018	Filmfest Hamburg [de] Preis der Filmkritik	Preis der Filmkritik	Winner

TV-broadcast

Type	Country	Station	Date / Time	Comment
Repeat	Belgium	La Une [be]	Friday, 03/03/2023, 10.20 PM
Repeat	Belgium	La Trois [be]	Sunday, 07/02/2021, 8.40 PM
Repeat	France	OCS [fr]	Wednesday, 02/12/2020, 10.15 PM	OCS City
Repeat	Belgium	Ciné+ [be]	Sunday, 24/05/2020, 11.40 PM	Ciné+ Premier

Cinema releases and premieres

Type	Country	Date
Theatre release	Colombia	Thursday, 30/05/2019
Theatre release	Sweden	Friday, 03/05/2019
Theatre release	Japan	Saturday, 27/04/2019
Theatre release	Italy	Thursday, 07/02/2019
Theatre release	France	Wednesday, 03/10/2018

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