It is a compelling true story: a French convict is released from prison, finds it impossible -- with a prison record -- to get work, and decides to get a highway built instead, by pretending to be a project manager for a construction firm. At first, French director Xavier Giannoli's new film In the Beginning seems just a fascinating expose of a clever financial scam: Philippe Miller (the man's pseudonym) cons agencies to loan him thousands of dollars, makes false checks, and hires local workers to build the road. The film races along with thrilling road-building scenes: cranes and bulldozers galore, clearing out a path, while workers cheer each other on. Philippe Miller becomes the town hero: after all, he has brought employment and activity to a village...
- 5/25/2009
- by Karin Badt
- Huffington Post
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