Grounds of Hope

Alex, a former professional boxer, works for a rural cement company. One night, his twin sister, pursued by armed men, barges in at his place with an immigrant and his daughter. Caught up by the circumstances, he agrees to hide them, unaware of how many people are after them. The spiral begins.

“This is a story of about poverty in rural areas, but also about the problems faced by a man who lives in a rural working-class community in economically depressed circumstances. Through the destiny of this man, the film touches on economic and social issues such as poverty in a rural milieu, but also on the problems of people who have fled their country to come to France, the so-called “migrants”. I wanted to speak about their reception in France, about someone who opens his home and risks being found guilty of the “crime of solidarity.” Lionel Bernardin, interview au Film Daily