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Mine de rien is a French Comedy directed by Mathias Mlekuz, released in 2020.

Plot
In a small town in northern France, a long-running mine is closing work, leaving dozens of people without jobs. Not giving up, following the relocation of the company that promised to rehire them, the workers hold a sit-in in front of the site. Faced with a dilemma of the town's mayor who threatens to seize the land, they come up with the idea to transform the old mine into an amusement park.

Technical Sheet

 * Director: Mathias Mlekuz
 * Screenplay: Mathias Mlekuz, Philippe Rebbot, Cécile Telerman
 * Dialogue: Mathias Mlekuz et Philippe Rebbot
 * Producer and executive Producer: Marc-Etienne Schwartz
 * Composer: Matthieu Gonet
 * Cinematographer: Lucas Leconte
 * Head of design: Victor Melchy
 * Casting manager: Martin Rougier
 * Production director: Gilles Monnier
 * 1st assistant director: Christel Bordon
 * Costume designer: Chloé Chamulidrat
 * Stage manager: Rodolphe Leroy
 * Press managers: Grégory Malheiro & Magali Montet
 * Production company: M.E.S Productions
 * Co-production companies: Pictanova Région Hauts-de-France, Orange Studio, snf Orange Cinéma Séries
 * Domestic and international distributer: Orange Studio
 * Budget: 2,3M€
 * Debut country: 🇫🇷
 * Original language: French
 * Format: Color
 * Genre: Dramatic comedy
 * Duration: 85 minutes
 * Dates of release:
 * France: 16 janvier 2020 (Alp d'Huez International Comedy Film Festival)
 * France: 26 février 2020

Cast

 * Arnaud Ducret: Arnault
 * Philippe Rebbot: Di Lello
 * Mélanie Bernier: Stella
 * Hélène Vincent: Thérèse, Arnault's Mother
 * Rufus: Roger Morels
 * Marianne Garcia: Bernadette
 * Cyril Aubin: René
 * Rebecca Finet: The Mayor
 * Mohamed Makhtoumi: Roschdy
 * Josef Mlekuz: Kévin
 * Philippe Cabrelli: Cédric, Bernadette's Son
 * Sophie Bourdon: Isabelle, Arnault's Ex-Wife
 * Patrick Rocca: Lucien Borowjack
 * Anthony Lequet: Victor
 * Yanis Richard: Johan
 * Gaëlle Fraysse: Sarah, Di Lello's Wife
 * François Godart: Jean-Frédéric
 * Tassadit Mandi: Madame Zelmani, Roschdy's Mother
 * Fabio Zenoni: Police Officer #1
 * Laurent Dauvillée: Police Officer #2

Inspiration
The director claims to have been inspired by the comedies of Yves Robert, Ettore Scola, Peter Cattaneo, and Ernst Lubitsch.

Filming
The filming took place from December to January of 2019, primarily in Lens, Loos-en-Gohelle, and Liévin.

Awards

 * Alp d'Huez 2020 International Film Festival: Audience award

Box office
The film was released on February 26th, 2020 in 304 theatres, and sold 14,598 tickets for it's first day. The film's weekend opening sold a total of 67,070 tickers. The week following sold a total of 84,133.

The overall consensus was that the film had a weak opening, affected in part by the Coronavirus.

During it's first free broadcast on television on the C8 channel, the film garnered a total of 810,000 viewers.

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