# See You up There

See You Up There (French: Au revoir là-haut) is a 2017 French historical war drama film written and directed by and starring Albert Dupontel, adapted from the 2013 novel The Great Swindle (Au revoir là-haut in French) by Pierre Lemaitre.

## Plot

In November 1918, a few days before the Armistice, Edouard Péricourt saves Albert Maillard's life. The two men have nothing in common but the war. Lieutenant Pradelle, by ordering a senseless assault, destroys their lives while binding them as companions in misfortune. On the ruins of the carnage of WWI, condemned to live, the two attempt to survive. Thus, as Pradelle is about to make a fortune with the war victims' corpses, Albert and Edouard mount a monumental scam with the bereaved families' commemoration and with a nation's hero worship.

## Cast

* Nahuel Pérez Biscayart as Édouard Péricourt
* Albert Dupontel as Albert Maillard
* Laurent Lafitte as Captain Henri d'Aulnay-Pradelle
* Niels Arestrup as President Marcel Péricourt
* Émilie Dequenne as Madeleine Péricourt
* Mélanie Thierry as Pauline
* Philippe Uchan [fr; de; ht] as Labourdin, mayor of the 8th arrondissement of Paris
* Héloïse Balster as Louise
* André Marcon as the gendarme officer
* Kyan Khojandi as Dupré
* Michel Vuillermoz as Joseph Merlin
* Carole Franck as Sister Hortense
* Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus [fr] as the mayor at the cemetery
* Jacques Mateu as the prefect
* Philippe Duquesne as the station officer
* Denis Podalydès as the minister (voice)
* Matthieu Sausset as sergeant at Côte 113
* Frédéric Épaud as catalogue deliveryman (as Fred Épaud)
* Axelle Simon as Madame Belmont
* Augustin Jacob as the Paris surgeon
* Frans Boyer [fr; ht] as officer at Côte 113
* Éloïse Genet as Cécile
* Bing Yin [fr] as Chinese 1 (as Yin Bing)
* Cheng Xiaoxing [fr] as Chinese 2 (as Xiaoxing Cheng)
* Gustave Kervern (credited for deleted scenes)
* Nicolas Lormeau [fr; ht] (credited for deleted scenes)

## Production

Movie production started in March 2016 in the region of the Vexin plateau over the Seine river valley.

## Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 93%, based on 15 reviews with an average rating of 7.5/10.
Jordan Mintzer from The Hollywood Reporter wrote that "the film features a handful of jaw-dropping moments — such as an excruciating battle across no man's land — held together by a strong cast, including BPM (Beats Per Minute) star Nahuel Perez Biscayart as a disfigured artist hidden behind an array of exquisitely ornamental masks. But condensing nearly 600 pages of story into a two-hour movie proves increasingly difficult as too many plot points take away from all the visual splendor, while the characters hardly have time to be drawn out." Peter Debruge writing for the Variety magazine said: "...simultaneously grand and eccentric, and though it sometimes struggles to sustain its identity amid such a strange mix of tones, the film holds together via DP Vincent Mathias’ dramatic widescreen lensing and a splendid, understated score from Christophe Julien." Jordi Costa from the Spanish newspaper El País stated: "Albert Dupontel knows that a black comedy doesn't only have to be cynical and his film finds its soul in the masks that communicate the emotions of one of his characters."

### Accolades

See You Up There earned 13 nominations at the 43rd César Awards, winning 5 awards. The film also won other awards.
| Award | Subject | Nominee | Result |
| César Awards | Best Adaptation | Albert Dupontel Pierre Lemaitre | Won |
| César Awards | Best Cinematography | Vincent Mathias | Won |
| César Awards | Best Production Design | Pierre Queffelean | Won |
| César Awards | Best Costume Design | Mimi Lempicka | Won |
| César Awards | Best Director | Albert Dupontel | Won |
| César Awards | Best Actor | Albert Dupontel | Nominated |
| César Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Mélanie Thierry | Nominated |
| César Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Niels Arestrup | Nominated |
| César Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Laurent Lafitte | Nominated |
| César Awards | Best Original Music | Christophe Julien | Nominated |
| César Awards | Best Sound | Jean Minondo Gurwal Coïc-Gallas Cyril Holtz Damien Lazzerini | Nominated |
| César Awards | Best Editing | Christophe Pinel | Nominated |
| César Awards | Best Film | Catherine Bozorgan Albert Dupontel | Nominated |
| Globes de Cristal Awards | Best Film | Albert Dupontel | Nominated |
| Globes de Cristal Awards | Best Actor | Albert Dupontel | Nominated |
| Lumières Awards | Best Cinematography | Vincent Mathias | Nominated |
| Lumières Awards | Best Film | Albert Dupontel | Nominated |
| Lumières Awards | Best Screenplay | Albert Dupontel Pierre Lemaitre | Nominated |
| Seattle International Film Festival | Best Director (Golden Space Needle Award) | Albert Dupontel | Fifth Place |