The Workshop

The scene is set one Summer in La Ciotat, a town near Marseille which used to be prosperous thanks to its huge dockyard but has been in decline since its closing 25 years before. It is in this context of quiet desperation that a writing workshop has been set up to help a group of seven young people integrate into the world of work. Under the guidance of well-known novelist Olivia Dejazet, the participants are asked to write a noir fiction connected with the industrial past of their hometown. Session after session, one of them, a boy named Antoine, stands out. Provocative and aggressive, he gets noticed by his systematic opposition to all, including Olivia. Even more alarming, the story he has devised and that he reads aloud, the cold description of a mass murder seen through the eyes of its perpetrator, proves very disturbing. Antoine understands the killer too well. At this point, Olivia starts experiencing a feeling of attraction repulsion to Antoine.

Grosses

Domestic (2.2%)
$22,061
Summary Details
DistributorStrand Releasing
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Opening$2,860
1 theaters
Running Time1 hr 53 min
GenresDrama Mystery Thriller
In Release284 days/40 weeks
Widest Release8 theaters
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Mar 23-2991$5,573-1-$5,573$5,5731
Mar 30-Apr 5101$1,839-67%1-$1,839$7,4122
Apr 6-1281$11,281+513.4%8+7$1,410$18,6933
Apr 13-19115$1,836-83.7%1-7$1,836$20,5294
May 4-10131$95-1-$95$20,6247
May 25-31117$1,437-1-$1,437$22,06110