Gilles Perret and François Ruffin Collection - 5-DVD Box Set ( Merci Patron ! / J'veux du soleil / Debout les femmes ! / La Ferme des Bertrand / Au boulot ! ) ( Thanks Boss! / A Place in the Sun / Those Who Care / Bertrand's Farm / Time to Work! )

Gilles Perret and François Ruffin Collection - 5-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

$62.99

Original Title: Merci Patron ! / J'veux du soleil / Debout les femmes ! / La Ferme des Bertrand / Au boulot !
Alternate Title: Thanks Boss! / A Place in the Sun / Those Who Care / Bertrand's Farm / Time to Work!
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Ceasar Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
417 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Behind the scenes
Box Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access
Short Film

Movie filmed in 2016-2024 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
François Ruffin
Gilles Perret

Written By:
Gilles Perret
François Ruffin

Actors:
Catherine Thierry ..... Self
Marie-Hélène Bourlard ..... Self
Jocelyne Klur ..... Self
Serge Klur ..... Self
François Ruffin ..... Self
Bernard Arnault ..... Self
François Ruffin ..... Lui-même
Gilles Perret ..... Self
Bruno Bonnell ..... Self
Armel Briend ..... Self
Hélène Bertrand ..... Self
André Bertrand ..... Self
Cécile Bertrand ..... Self
Sarah Saldmann ..... Self

Synopsis:

Thanks Boss!: A family fired by a company owned by LVMH (Group owned by French billionaire, Bernard Arnault) seeks reparation from their previous employer with the help of the movie director. A Place in the Sun: Made on a shoestring budget, François Ruffin and Gilles Perret's investigative documentary has the adventurous spirit of a road movie. Intimate and sometimes humorous, encounters with yellow vest protestors pierce through reports of violence and destruction, revealing a collective desire for equity. Those Who Care: Since the cult success of Merci Patron!, activist/journalist/filmmaker François Ruffin has become an MP. Here, he attempts to table a law aimed at upholding the rights of what in Quebec are known as caregivers, and shows us in passing how a law whose need seems patently obvious is put together, debated, voted on and . . . dies on the battleground of French politics. A stirring documentary about social injustice that somehow manages to make us bust a gut laughing as we rage with indignation. And also cry at the beauty of it all, thanks to the director's humanist sensibility and a deft play between reality and fiction. Bertrand's Farm: 1972 in Haute-Savoie (France) : the Bertrand's farm, with a hundred dairy cows owned by three bachelor brothers, is filmed for the first time. In 1997, they were the subject of Gilles Perret's first movie, as they let their farm to their nephew Patrick and his wife HÃ©lène. Nowadays, 25 years later, Gilles Perret take another look at this farm, managed by HÃ©lène who will step down. Through their words, an intimate, social and economic history of the rural world. Time to Work!: Following a heated debate on a French news television channel, Left wing MP François Ruffin defies a TV columnist and attorney, Sarah Saldmann, to work and live one month on the minimum-wage. This humanistic and humoristic documentary highlights the daily struggles and joys of the working-class compared to the fantasy the bourgeoisie has built up in the media. It also raises a thorny question : can the rich be socially reintegrated ?

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 19 May, 2026.