Those Who Care

Those Who Care

Directed by Gilles Perret, François Ruffin

Produced by Les 400 clous, jour2fête

202185 min7.6 / 10

A humanist activist documentary that blends humor, rage, and tenderness to expose the political machinery that fails vulnerable workers, mixing reality with theatrical flourishes.

Since the cult success of Merci Patron!, activist/journalist/filmmaker François Ruffin has become an MP. Here, he attempts to table a law aimed at upholding the rights of what in Quebec are known as caregivers, and shows us in passing how a law whose need seems patently obvious is put together, debated, voted on and . . . dies on the battleground of French politics. A stirring documentary about social injustice that somehow manages to make us bust a gut laughing as we rage with indignation. And also cry at the beauty of it all, thanks to the director’s humanist sensibility and a deft play between reality and fiction.

Questions people ask

  • Is Those Who Care violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is Those Who Care easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

  • Is Those Who Care scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Does Those Who Care end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 62% of films.

  • Is Those Who Care sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

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73/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity83

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Surprise50

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love90

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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