| Workers for the Good Lord | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Jean-Claude Brisseau |
| Producer: | Corinne Bertelot |
| Editing: | María Luisa García Martinez |
| Music: | Jean Musy |
| Distributor: | Rezo Films |
| Runtime: | 107 minutes |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
Workers for the Good Lord (fr|'''Les Savates du bon Dieu''') is a 2000 French crime comedy-drama film written and directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau, starring Stanislas Merhar, Raphaële Godin, Emil Abossolo-Mbo, Paulette Dubost and Coralie Revel. The film was chosen by Cahiers du Cinéma as one of the 10 best pictures of 2000.[1]
Elodie, tired of her husband Fred's generous ways, endangering the family's finances, dumps him when he gets fired. Emotionally devastated, he turns into a modern Robin Hood, robbing a post office to help a beggar, and escapes in a stolen car with Sandrine, who has long had a crush on him. They meet Maguette, an African prince turned into a penniless exile. Together the three head south.[1] [2]
Lisa Nesselson of Variety described the film as "a radical genre pastiche", "over the top", "extravagantly lensed, socio-romantic experiment" adding, "It's so bad it's good."[3]