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Joseph l'insoumis

1956, a handful of families survive in makeshift shelters in appalling poverty and daily violence. A man, Joseph Wresinski , a priest, himself born into great poverty, decides to settle among those he calls "his people". Among these families, that of Jacques. His life will be transformed by his meeting with Father Joseph. His own, but also that of the people who will join the fight of this revolutionary priest. A fight against assistance and charity which, he says, “push the poor into indignity

Top Cast

  • Jacques Weber

    Jacques Weber

    Joseph Wresinski

  • Anouk Grinberg

    Anouk Grinberg

    Alicia

  • Nicolas Louis

    Nicolas Louis

    Jacques

  • Salomé Stévenin

    Salomé Stévenin

    Suzanne

  • Laurence Côte

    Laurence Côte

    Rose

  • Patrick Descamps

    Patrick Descamps

    Le geant

  • Isabelle De Hertogh

    Isabelle De Hertogh

    Mme Richet

  • Anne Coesens

    Anne Coesens

    Geneviève de Gaulle

  • Frédéric Guerbert

    Frédéric Guerbert

    Max

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1956, a handful of families survive in makeshift shelters in appalling poverty and daily violence. A man, Joseph Wresinski , a priest, himself born into great poverty, decides to settle among those he calls "his people". Among these families, that of Jacques. His life will be transformed by his meeting with Father Joseph. His own, but also that of the people who will join the fight of this revolutionary priest. A fight against assistance and charity which, he says, “push the poor into indignity

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