In the Beginning (French: À l'origine) is a 2009 French drama film directed by Xavier Giannoli. The film competed in the main competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.
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Plot
The film tells the dramatized true story of Philippe Berre, a Frenchman with a reputation as an impostor. In the film, much as actual events, Monsieur Berre goes to a small town, passing himself off as a civil engineer, and claims that the government has decided to start previously scrapped plans for the construction of a highway. The highway was stopped because of the hermit beetle. He commissions supplies, gains construction vehicles, and brings jobs to the community and actually constructs a section of roadway in the process before being discovered.
Cast
François Cluzet as Paul / Philippe Miller
Emmanuelle Devos as Stéphane
Brice Fournier as Louis
Soko as Monika
Vincent Rottiers as Nicolas
Gérard Depardieu as Abel
Corinne Masiero as Corinne
Patrick Descamps as Bollard
Thierry Godard as Michel