Our Men (French: Mon légionnaire) is a 2021 French-Belgian drama film, written and directed by Rachel Lang. It stars Louis Garrel, Camille Cottin, Ina Marija Bartaité and Aleksandr Kuznetsov.
It had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in the Directors Fortnight section on 15 July 2021. It released in France on 6 October 2021, by BAC Films.
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Cast
Louis Garrel as Maxime
Camille Cottin as Céline
Ina Marija Bartaité as Nika
Aleksandr Kuznetsov as Vlad
Jean Le Peltier as Romain
Naidra Ayadi as Soumeya
Leo Levy as Paul
Jean Michelangeli as Thomas
Vladimir Ignat as Akos
Wilfried Ranaivo as Burak
Lukas De Wolf as Benni
Edwin Gaffney as Johnson
Paul De Bronde as Bastien
Production
In January 2018, it was announced Rachel Lang would direct the film, from a screenplay she wrote. In November 2019, it was announced Louis Garrel, Camille Cottin, Ina Marija Bartaité
and Aleksandr Kuznetsov had joined the cast of the film, with BAC Films set to distribute.
Release
It had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in the Directors Fortnight section on 15 July 2021. It released in France on 6 October 2021.
Critical reception
Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film a four out of five stars writing: "Rachel Lang delivers an unadorned tour de force."