A visually sumptuous tragicomedy where the grotesque aftermath of war births a defiant, melancholic art against a backdrop of cynical profiteering and roaring twenties extravagance.

See You Up There

Au revoir là-haut

25 October 2017 Canada 113 min ⭐ 7.8 (1,324)

Director: Albert Dupontel

Cast: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Albert Dupontel, Laurent Lafitte, Niels Arestrup, Émilie Dequenne

Drama Crime War

The Lost Generation and Post-War Disillusionment Art as Survival and Rebellion Corruption and Profiteering Identity and Reinvention

Budget: $23,000,000

Box Office: $15,100,000

See You Up There - Easter Eggs & Hidden Details

Easter Eggs

Homage to "Paths of Glory"

The long, sweeping tracking shots that follow soldiers through the trenches at the beginning of the film are a direct visual homage to Stanley Kubrick's 1957 anti-war classic "Paths of Glory," which also deals with the corruption and callousness of the French military high command during WWI.

Artistic Influences in the Masks

Édouard's masks are not random; they are heavily influenced by the art of the era. Inspirations from Picasso, Cubism, and Marcel Duchamp's Dadaism can be seen in their designs, grounding the film's fantasy elements in the real artistic movements of the 1920s.

Reference to "The Eyes Without a Face"

The focus on masks and facial disfigurement has led critics to draw comparisons with Georges Franju's iconic 1960 horror film "Les Yeux sans visage" ("The Eyes Without a Face"), another French masterpiece dealing with identity and surgically altered faces.

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