Château Espérance

A sober, quietly crushing look at immigrant life, heavy with disappointment and the slow erosion of hope.

Created by

Pierre Gautherin

Genres

Drama

Starring

Saïd Ben Malek, Gilles Béhat, Leila Shenna

Overview

Rachid, a North African immigrant worker in the Fayard company for several years, saved to bring his wife Leïla and their son Larbi. They arrive in France for the first time. Leïla full of hope came to join her husband in exile. But very quickly, it is the shock: the difficult working conditions, the hard daily life of her husband and the surrounding grayness marked by anti-Arab racism does not bode well.

How it feels

Bleak, melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Immigration, isolation, work, race

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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