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‘At Work' Review: A Writer Is Both Inspired and Exploited by the Gig Economy in Valérie Donzelli's Perceptive Character Study

Nobody but the perilously naive these days expects to become a writer and get rich. Perhaps more are surprised by how hard it is to become a writer and actually get writing. A vocation increasingly ...
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‘At Work' Review: A Writer Struggles To Make Ends Meet In A Dull Look At Life In Today's Gig Economy – Venice Film Festival

If At Work had made 50 years ago it would likely have been a bawdy sex comedy - Confessions of a Handyman - but in today's world there is next to no fun to be had from the world of no-strings ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘At Work’ Review: A Struggling French Writer Plunges Himself Into the Gig Economy in a Thoughtful if Lackluster Drama

The latest from writer-director Valérie Donzelli ('Declaration of War') stars Bastien Bouillon ('The Night of the 12th') as a novelist eking out a living as a freelance handyman in Paris. By Jordan ...
Variety

‘At Work’ Review: A Writer Is Both Inspired and Exploited by the Gig Economy in Valérie Donzelli’s Perceptive Character Study

Bastien Bouillon is wonderful as a shambling, self-unmade hero in this French drama, a quiet gem in this year's Venice competition. Who we write for, and why, is one of many untidily answered ...
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‘At Work’ Review: A Writer Struggles To Make Ends Meet In A Dull Look At Life In Today’s Gig Economy – Venice Film Festival

If At Work had been made 50 years ago it would likely have been a bawdy sex comedy — Confessions of a Handyman — but in today’s world there is next to no fun to be had from the world of no-strings ...