''Mine de rien'' is a French Comedy directed by Mathias Mlekuz, released in

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Plot

In a small town in northern France, a long-running mine is closing work, leaving dozens of people without jobs. Not giving up, following the relocation of the company that promised to rehire them, the workers hold a sit-in in front of the site. Faced with a dilemma of the town's mayor, who threatens to seize the land, they come up with the idea to transform the old mine into an amusement park.

Cast

Arnaud Ducret Arnaud Ducret (born 6 December 1978) is a French actor and comedian. Life and career In 2013, he plays Gaby alongside Alix Poisson (Isa) in Parents mode d'emploi, a series broadcast on France 2 France 2 () is a French public national televi ...

: Arnault *

Philippe Rebbot Philippe Rebbot is a French actor. He appeared in more than eighty films since 1998 and starred in several films including The Aquatic Effect, Une famille à louer and Northern Wind. Filmography Personal life In 2004, Rebbot met the actress ...

: Di Lello *

Mélanie Bernier Mélanie Bernier (born 5 January 1985) is a French actress. She has appeared in several films, such as '' L'Assaut'' (2011), directed by Julien Leclerq, relating the hijacking of an Air France A300 in December 1994, and also in several televisi ...

: Stella *

Hélène Vincent Hélène Vincent (born 9 September 1943) is a French actress and stage director. Career She received a César Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1989 for her role as Madame Marielle Le Quesnoy in ''Life Is a Long Quiet River'' and a nominati ...

: Thérèse, Arnault's Mother *

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: Roger Morels * Marianne Garcia: Bernadette * Cyril Aubin: René * Rebecca Finet: The Mayor * Mohamed Makhtoumi: Roschdy * Josef Mlekuz: Kévin * Philippe Cabrelli: Cédric, Bernadette's Son * Sophie Bourdon: Isabelle, Arnault's Ex-Wife * Patrick Rocca: Lucien Borowjack * Anthony Lequet: Victor * Yanis Richard: Johan * Gaëlle Fraysse: Sarah, Di Lello's Wife * François Godart: Jean-Frédéric * Tassadit Mandi: Madame Zelmani, Roschdy's Mother * Fabio Zenoni: Police Officer #1 * Laurent Dauvillée: Police Officer #2

Inspiration

The director claims to have been inspired by the comedies of Yves Robert, Ettore Scola, Peter Cattaneo, and Ernst Lubitsch.

Filming

The filming took place from December to January 2019, primarily in

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Loos-en-Gohelle Loos-en-Gohelle is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A former coal mining town, three miles northwest of the centre of Lens, at the junction of the D943 and the A21 autoroute. Its ne ...

, and

Liévin Liévin (; pcd, Lévin; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. The inhabitants are called ''Liévinois''. Overview The town of Liévin is an old mining area of Pas-de-Calais. Near Lens, this town is of modest size but ...

Awards

* 2020

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: Audience award

Box office

The film was released on February 26, 2020, in 304 theatres, and sold 14,598 tickets for its first day. The film's weekend opening sold a total of 67,070 tickers. The week following sold a total of 84,133. The overall consensus was that the film had a weak opening, affected in part by the

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. During its first free broadcast on television on the C8 channel, the film garnered a total of 810,000 viewers.

References

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