for a guy who be a french communist until the age of 35 and it be a hard movie to take and but it be a superb film and well acted and very realistic . my father be a french communist ( the heart on the left and the wallet on the right ) and he actually contempleted emigrate to the motherland of socialism when i be a kid and thank god and his wallet be heavy than his heart . go to your video store and rent it and you would not regret it .