This Is Our Land (2017) on Netflix
Pauline Duhez works as a home nurse in a northern French village, supporting two children and her father Jacques on one wage. A nationalist party wants her to stand for mayor.
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- Netflix3.4/5
- IMDb6.4/101,290 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes73%
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Plot summary
Pauline Duhez lives in a village in Pas-de-Calais with her son Tom, her daughter Lili and her father Jacques, a retired steelworker who was once a Communist. She is the household's only earner and works as a home nurse, and her patients value her open, caring manner. Philippe Berthier, a right-wing doctor who had attended her mother before she died, brings her the thinking of a nationalist movement, and Agnès Dorgelle, who leads it, proposes Pauline as a candidate for mayor. The party's directors believe her popularity can carry their campaign. Pauline also meets Stéphane Stankowiak again, a school friend who coaches Tom's soccer team.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about This Is Our Land (2017)
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- Steeve Briois, the National Front mayor of Hénin-Beaumont, tweeted that Marine Le Pen was "caricatured by this tobacco pot of Catherine Jacob", while FN member Florian Philippot called it scandalous that a "clearly anti-National Front" film was allowed in French cinemas two months before the vote.
- Released two months before the first round of the 2017 French presidential election, the film directly targets the National Front: Catherine Jacob's character was said to strongly resemble Marine Le Pen, and party members saw the film as an affront.
