In the Beginning (2009 film)

In the Beginning
In the Beginning
	Film poster
Directed by	Xavier Giannoli
Written by	Xavier Giannoli
Produced by	Pierre-Ange Le Pogam; Celia Simonnet; Edouard Weil
Starring	François Cluzet; Emmanuelle Devos
Cinematography	Glynn Speeckaert
Edited by	Célia Lafitedupont
Music by	Cliff Martinez
Production; companies	Rectangle Productions; Studio 37; France 3 Cinéma
Distributed by	EuropaCorp
Release date	20 May 2009;
Running time	130 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	$2.8 million

In the Beginning (French: À l'origine) is a 2009 French drama film directed by Xavier Giannoli. The film competed in the main competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

Plot

The film tells the dramatized true story of Philippe Berre, a Frenchman with a reputation as an impostor. In the film, much as actual events, Monsieur Berre goes to a small town, passing himself off as a civil engineer, and claims that the government has decided to start previously scrapped plans for the construction of a highway. He commissions supplies, gains construction vehicles, and brings jobs to the community and actually constructs a section of roadway in the process before being discovered.