GLORIA MUNDI

by Robert Guédiguian (France, 2019, 1h46)

starring Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan, Anaïs Demoustier, Robinson Stévenin, Lola Naymark, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet

Daniel has been released from prison. Domestic cleaner Sylvie, his ex-wife, has told him that he is a grandfather. Given a roof over his head by Sylvie and her new husband, bus driver Richard, Daniel discovers a reconstituted family doing all they can to stay afloat. When a stroke of bad luck shatters this fragile equilibrium, Daniel, who has nothing to lose, will go to any lengths to help them.