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Nour, what happened?

Nour? Can you tell me what happened?

What happened to the lady, please?
Nour?

Let's lift her up, one, two, three.

Can she be taken out,
she is in a state of shock.

Someone take her out.

We will take care of her.
We will get the stretcher out back.

Please have something ready
to intubate her.

Let's check the lady's levels.

Madam, can you hear me?
Madam? No, she is not answering.

Let's check her levels.
Oscilloscope, please.

Let's get the stretcher out.

Back up, go, go.

Nour?

-Alright?
-Yeah.

Victor, open, open.

-Is it alright?
-Yeah, go ahead and push.

Hello, alright?
You are back from the south?

-Yeah, yeah.
-Great.

This is Victor,
he has something for you.

-Alright, Slim?
-Yeah.

-You are Nour, right?
-Yep.

Victor deals with the trade union.

He will do your card tonight.

Oh, but I am not sure
I will get my card.

-Sorry?
-No, just kidding. You got scared.

Take a picture of us
with the plant behind.

-There?
-Yeah.

-But no, but Dad...
-Come on, come on.

There you have the canteen,

-I don't know if you remember...
-Yeah...

-The locker rooms...
-Yeah...

-The work's council.
-Yeah...

Behind, there is the union hall.

-Alright, Steph?
-Hello.

Hey, look who is here, look.

Hello?

-Alright?
-Come and give me a kiss. Alright?

-Good and you?
-Are you good?

Human resources.

Alright, guys?

On the left are the accountants,
and here is the director's office.

Mr. Perez?

Oh. Miss Hamadi, the prodigal child.

It is a pleasure to welcome you
to the company.

Thanks for the post.

No, you should thank
your father, you know.

I hope you will be happy here.

-I will let you settle in.
-Thanks.

It is at the very end.
But at least you will be quiet.

Well, that is it.

OK.

Yeah, Slim?
Slim, we have a problem with...

-I will leave you to it.
-Yeah.

-See you at the canteen?
-OK.

-Come on.
-See you.

What a mess your room is.

Yeah, I know, I have to tidy.

Give me.

Honestly, could you see yourself
wearing pink Crocs all your life

and wiping old people's asses
in a crappy hospital?

I was happy there.
The ER was my thing and...

And my Crocs were green.

Anyway, I am so happy to see
your lovely face again, sister.

I am so glad you are back...

Coming? Daddy has prepared
dinner for you

in mode "best cook in the world."

Don't leave us alone,

-I beg you.
-I am coming.

Yeah, because there is Paulo and me,
you know?

-But for the wedding, he does this.
-We are ready. Right, Paulo?

I don't know if your dad
wants to uh...

-Well, yeah, a little duet.
-We will be ready in case...

-We can do something.
-It just depends on the atmosphere

-you see people...
-We take out our instruments.

We play three, four pieces.

-Oh yeah, definitely.
-We take over.

Then we go for it, Paulo.
Come on, let's go.

I think the band should start,

then we see what the atmosphere
is like later on.

I think it is better
that you start anyway...

Oh no, stop it, you are a pain.

-Did you like it, honey?
-It was very good.

-Well, that is the main thing.
-Are you happy, honey?

You, darling, did you like it?

Stop. Stop.

Well.

-Darling?
-Darling?

But I wanted to surprise them.

That is OK, we will show them

how far we have come, please.

Come on.

Alright, alright, alright,
fine, fine.

One, two, three.

It is going to be beautiful, sweetie.

Well darling,
you are not very comfortable.

Shut up, Nour. Go on, go on.

Will you lead?

Wait.

It is good. Daddy dances well.

-I love it.
-Have you seen, Greg?

You bet. Slim does everything.

It is so good.

I am leading a bit now.

No. Liar.

Look, you see...

22, 23, 24, 25,

26, 27, 28, 29, 30.

At 30, I stop.

I put my hand on the forehead.
I tilt the head back.

I open my mouth then I blow.

That is it.

I put notes in their lockers,
I see them in the canteen,

they all tell me they are coming
and...

Well, I am all alone.

They told you that to make you happy
because you are Slim's daughter.

They don't give a shit
about First Aid training.

Do you think guys working 3 shifts
will lock themselves

in an office with a mannequin
all day?

-Come on...
-What am I good for then?

You should have told us.
We would have brought people.

No, but... Notes in lockers.
Nonsense.

Dad?

The mask.

-Alright?
-How are you?

The mask, guys. No, it is important.

-Dad?
-Yes?

-I have more.
-Come, come.

Come on, that is it.

That way, we will double it up.

-It will overlap. That is it.
-Oh that is good.

Prepare a second one.

Watch out.

Wait, wait. Go on.

That is good.

That is it. Fuck those fascists.

-Do you want another one?
-Yeah.

See how he holds their attention?

Yeah. Yes, but he is not talking
about his daughter's wedding.

Yes, but you have
to do the same for Sofia.

You see how calm he is.

He is calm.
It is true that he is classy.

Your speech is going to be great,
Dad.

-Thank you, sweetie.
-Besides, he looks like you.

"Slimane Obama."

Do you want me to come with you
tomorrow?

No, it is fine.

Are you sure? I am getting
a colleague to fill in.

No, it is fine.

I was here pushing the stretcher,

when I was called to treat
the arrival

of the child who had the MVA.

She was
in a life-threatening emergency.

So I secured the stretcher.

The patient was lying down.

She was tired, but I talked to her.

She spoke normally.

And so... You left her here alone?

Yes.

But she had already been
taken care of by a doctor,

and diagnosed in a stable condition.

When the patient's condition
worsened,

appropriate care was administered.

No, but wait, two hours later,

because she was left alone
in that hallway...

We had five vital emergencies
to deal with as well.

Miss Hamadi responded
to priority care,

as her position dictates.

We are sorry about what happened

-but if we had had staff.
-Please,

stop always deflecting
behind the lack of means.

-We are not here to find out...
-I have 50 patients...

-...if you are short on resources...
-...arriving within five hours.

...we are here to find out
whether there has been a fault.

-It is unmanageable, it is...
-Gentlemen. Please.

Miss, my client would like
to know if yes or no,

you did your job correctly.

I did everything I could.

OK, you can put your clothes back on.

The nurse before me,
did he do any tests?

No, but he was nice.

You will see, nurse,
here honestly, it is quiet.

No one bothers you.

I am not here to be quiet.

It has been 15 years since you
saw the occupational doctor?

But this is impossible.

"Stop smoking," "exercise,"

"stop drinking, stop eating bread,

"stop eating sugar,
stop eating fat," hey.

If you don't want to die,
you have to stop living.

Can't you feel
you are not breathing well?

Yes, I told you.
I can't smell anymore.

No, but I am not talking about that,
I am talking about your lungs.

Your left side
must be hurting, right?

Stop it, Nour...
I came here to please you.

I am used not to feeling anything,
I don't care.

I will make you an appointment
with the doctor

next week, Thursday at 2 p.m.

So he will do some further tests
on you, OK?

This is important, Paulo,
so please go, OK?

-You are a pain.
-Here.

You are just like your father,
you can't help but give orders.

-Hello?
-Yes, hello.

I am Nour Hamadi, I am the one
who took your job at the plant.

-I know. You are Slim's daughter.
-Yes.

-How are things going?
-Yes, great.

I am calling because I am working

on Paulo Gonçalves' file,
who is at the canteen,

and it seems that he hasn't been
followed by us since 2004.

Yes, it is possible,
I didn't write down all the visits.

And in the computer files?

I never really knew how to use it

but don't worry,
everything is up to date.

I have to leave you, I am driving.

I think one of them is exhausted...

Oh fuck...

Asshole.

What is this?

Oh. What is that?

-What?
-Don't fuck with me.

You are the one fucking with us.

You are putting up posters
for the greens.

You think these assholes
are going to help us

get the waste disposal right?

Are they the ones
who will save our jobs maybe?

We will see
at the next staff election,

if you don't leave your office.

Asshole.

Don't let them walk over you, Slim.

You have been talking for an hour

about joint list arrangements
and frankly...

But that is why we are here.

To bring about political renewal

then to bring in civil society...

No, we don't care,
we are not here for that,

we are here to exchange ideas,
to discuss,

we are not here to register on lists.

The reason we want to open up
municipal lists today

is to better represent

the interests of the community.

When you support the Arkalu plant,

you are defending the interests
of the community?

Sorry?

The Arkalu plant,
which emits chemicals

into the natural park
a few hundred yards from here,

which is due to extend
its waste disposal rights

in the coming weeks.

We know
there are serious pollution problems

with this type of plant in India,
Malaysia and Hungary.

Wait, what are you talking about?

This is not the topic
of this meeting at all.

No, but I prefer to talk to you
about it directly

since your city hall doesn't
want to answer me about it

and on the prefecture's website,
as if by chance,

Arkalu's page is not accessible.

-Yes, well, listen...
-If the plant is polluting,

don't you think
we have the right to know

Mr. Deputy, as an environmentalist,

what do you think?

Look, uh... I am obviously
very attentive to this issue,

but we must let the commission

finish its analysis.

If the prefect decides

to extend the waste disposal right,

I will naturally accept his decision.

You know as well as I do there is
a long list of industrialists

protected by the government.

No, no. You are putting us
on trial for intent, OK?

We already have the extreme left,

the extreme right, what will
we become? The extreme green?

Please.

-Please.
-If the plant is dangerous,

it must be shut down in some way.

That is enough now. This is nonsense.

You are blaming the plant.

We are talking
about heavy industry here.

We are talking
about a chemical plant,

not a small DIY workshop.

So of course there are tests,

and of course
they are within the standards.

-Sorry?
-We are not in China

-or North Korea...
-Do you have these tests,

can we see them?

Become a prefect to the minister
and you will get them.

Excuse me, I am just a journalist.

Oh yes? Who are you a journalist for?

-I am freelance.
-Well, there you go.

So we don't know
who your readers are.

Oh yes, well...

But I don't think your readers need

a chemical analysis table, do they?

I think you are wrong.

I think if elected officials
protect the plant

to get the workers' vote,
people will be interested.

No, please. I can't let you say that.

But she is right. Just answer:

does the plant pollute or not?

Listen.

I have been working at Arkalu
for 29 years

my daughter here has just been hired.

She grew up here, as did her sister,

who still lives 500 yards
from the plant.

Do you really think that
if I had the slightest doubt

of a danger coming from us,
I would have let it happen?

You know, Miss,
my father also worked in the plant.

Today, it is 214 employees
and their families.

That means our schools,
our libraries, our stores.

So if Arkalu meets its commitments,

the waste disposal right
should be extended.

Bravo.

We are citizens of the city.
We have the right to know.

If the plant buys the city,
does it have the right to pollute?

This is neither the time
nor the place. We told you.

Please calm down. And let's move on.

Mr. Delhors,

you know it is impossible to win

the constituency without the votes
of your colleagues.

We are willing
to put up your posters,

but you will have to stick your neck
out to defend the plant.

No problem, that is why I am here.

No, but I don't think
you really understand the problem.

The plant is in danger.

Plenty of colleagues
won't trust an environmentalist.

On the other hand, the fascists
don't have a program,

but they are very clever,

and they are there at the plant,
almost every day.

No one here wants a far-right deputy,

that is
why we are here tonight, right?

Come, sweetie.

The nurse is here.

No, let me go past.

What happened?

-What is your name?
-Karim.

-He just burned himself.
-It is OK, Karim. Just breathe.

Come on.

I am going to put some compresses
on you, OK?

They are fucking stuck.

The firefighters are coming.
Karim, Karim.

-Oh, it burns...
-I will put water on you,

I will put water on your arm.

There, it burns, it is normal.

Don't worry. It is just water.
Breathe.

Oh it burns.

It is OK, Karim,
calm down, calm down.

Take his head. Hold his head.

Calm down, we are taking care of you.

It is fine.

Are you OK, sweetie?

Have you been here all day?

You don't have to, sweetie,
they will take care of him now.

Did you get to see him?

No. They are removing the skin
from his forearms.

Oh fuck...

What did they say? How bad is it?

The arms will be fine...
But the eyes also got hurt.

He was working
with plastic goggles,

-that is nonsense.
-That is temps for you...

But temp or not, Dad,
it is not normal

that he doesn't have
protective goggles.

How much sick leave is he getting?

I don't know, we will have to check
with the doctor.

They must have told you,

how long will he be unable to work?

I don't know...
Two, three months maybe.

Oh, OK.

I thought it was more serious.

We won't report the accident.

What? But it can't be, I...

No, sweetie. We can't have
occupational health on our backs.

Not now. Not when the commission
will check the plant.

You get it?

No, but it is not good, Dad.

No, we can't do that.

What is no good

is a little temp messing things up

sinking the plant down.
That is no good.

Forget about this accident,
it never happened.

We will take care of him, right? OK?

You will just have
to take care of him.

You will be able
to take time off work.

-Coffee?
-Yeah.

OK, sweetie.

Come on.

Come on.

You handled it well.

So if a guy burns his arms
at your school,

you say nothing?

You don't mind? You don't report it?

It is not that, it is just that Dad

has spent 30 years at the plant,
so he knows his job.

Yes, but I know my job too.

What did the guy say?
Did you treat him? Is he better?

Yes, he will be fine but,
that is not the problem. It is...

What is the problem?
Why are you getting involved?

Greg? Steph? Let Ines go,

she has been waiting for two hours.

What a pain,
they only let the boys climb.

I know you mean well,

but you just joined the plant.
Let them handle it.

Hi, sweetie, how are you?

-Alright?
-Alright and you?

-Fine. Come in.
-OK, thanks.

How are your eyes?

Yeah, alright,

it stings less.

I am putting the drops in.

One more week being careful,

and you should be fine.

So you work at the plant
all the time?

Yeah, I am attached to the plant.

If you see Slimane,
the staff representative,

give him a big thank you from us,

for the little envelope
and everything else.

OK, I... I will tell him.

He has been great,
even a little gift for the girl.

Can you turn your arm please?
Thank you.

Hi.

Hi.

You still write
like a good third grader.

I stopped by to see Karim.

The temp.

Oh, so how is he?

He is getting better.

By the way, he thanks you
for helping them.

Oh great.
It is true that it was fast.

Perez was very effective on this one.

With the pressure
he has at the moment...

Usually it takes a long time
to make these arrangements.

Usually?

So that is how things are done
at the plant?

-Accidents are not reported?
-No, not at all.

Perez is your buddy.
Do you make arrangements with him?

Oh no, Perez is not my friend.

We work together
but we are not buddies,

we don't go eat together.
He is not my buddy.

Why?

Nothing.

So this is going to be my job
in the nurse's office:

to deal with anything that doesn't
fit into your work code?

Come on.

No, tell me if there is anything else
I need to know.

I am just trying to understand.

What do you want to understand,
sweetie?

You want to take my place,
is that it?

You want to take my place, go on.

Come, sweetie, come.
You come and sit here.

You will prepare for the arrival
of the fucking commission

that is looking for trouble
for the plant.

You check on hires, invoices,
safety instructions...

Dad, I know things are tense.

If you know, why are you bugging me?

Aren't you glad I got you a job?

Nour?

May I?

How are you?

I am sorry,
the conversation went wrong.

Anyway, I am glad you are here.

It is good. It helps me.

OK. That is fine.

-Nour? Nour.
-What?

The commission.

This is our nurse,
Miss Hamadi, hello.

-Mr. Perez. Hello.
-Hello.

As I said, we have
permanent medical staff

on site to ensure
the health of our employees

as well as do in-depth work

on risk prevention.

Good, we will go.

If you don't mind, let's go next door

to see the loading area.

Please go ahead.

-Goodbye.
-Goodbye.

Goodbye.

-Thanks.
-Thanks.

Of course all our employees
are trained in first aid

and undergo
an annual medical check-up to monitor

their health.

Paulo?

Oh, doctor, alright?

Why didn't you go to the appointment

I made with the doctor?

Stop your bullshit.

It is not bullshit, if I tell you
you should be seen,

-it means you should be seen.
-Don't worry.

-I won't leave you alone.
-Is that girl bugging you?

It is Slim's daughter.

Oh yeah, you are Slim's daughter?

Why don't you bug him?

He doesn't go and see the doctor.

Oh no, I don't trust them.

When they closed at the lake.

They wanted to declare us all unfit,

so they could fire us more easily.

It is a good thing your father
fought to keep us.

He didn't give up
and they put us here.

So, you were at the lake too, before?

You are a newbie.
All of us here were at the lake.

Also Abdou and Kader, but they are
in the cleaning department.

Now, thanks to your father,
we are safe.

Yeah, the kitchen
is our pre-retirement.

-Yes, hello?
-Hello, it is Nour Hamadi.

Yes?

I am calling again
about Paulo Gonçalves...

I don't understand
why there was no follow-up

because he has lost
his sense of smell

and I feel
he has a real respiratory problem...

I can't remember,

I don't know all the cases by heart.

Yes, sure, I get it

but in fact, before that,
he was followed every year,

was on a site
that is outside the plant,

called "The Lake."

Yes. Yes, "The Lake,"
it is the old disposal site.

It has been closed for a long time.

Anyway now in waste disposal
it is temps

so I don't see
why you are bothering with this.

Ask your dad instead,
he can answer you.

-Goodbye...
-Oh no, no, I have, no, I have...

Why don't I have anything on you?

Does your temp agency
do follow-up care for you?

-Who is your team leader?
-It was Karim but now...

-But Karim is a temp?
-So?

He was the team leader.

It is good that you care for him.
We like him.

You should have told him
to put on his goggles then.

-He had some.
-Yeah, but not the right ones.

The gloves weren't
the right ones either.

That is what we were given.

Anyway, gloves are not practical.

To turn the pressure wheels,

it takes twice as long.

Then when the pipe spits out,

you have to go super-fast otherwise
the safety system is triggered,

it blocks everything,
you have to bring in the engineer,

it takes another hour,
you get yelled at

then it is over, the agency
doesn't call you back.

What is coming out of the pipes,
from the plant?

We don't know, we are not engineers.

So you don't know what is in there?

Anyway, what they pump
into the rock there,

-it is inert.
-What does that mean?

Does that mean it is not toxic?

It is inert.

Can you show me?

We can't show you more than here.

No, you have to discuss this
with management,

because now they are a pain,

they have the commission
checking everything.

They check almost every day.

-Ciao.
-Ciao.

Hungarian ecologists.

On the banks of the Danube,
38 miles north of Budapest,

more than 6 million tons of red mud
are stored here.

Coming from the production of alumina
during the communist era,

this mud contains heavy metals

for the environment.

For this environmentalist,
who monitors

possible seepage pollution,

this is not the only problem.

Authorization to make
these experiments

of the red mud that is there,
it is also a company

that does experiments
of waste reprocessing

and it has obtained authorization...

As soon as the toxic dust

from the red mud spreads--

Nour, don't forget that tomorrow
we will choose the dishes

for your sister's wedding.

It is a chemical plant,
so it is definitely not clean.

It can't be clean.

But there are standards,
and this is within the standards.

It is legal.

Perez is very strict about that.

The tie, please.

Perez says whatever suits him.

Thanks.

Have you ever been to the lake?

It was 20 years ago Nour,
it is unrelated.

But didn't the plant dump
toxic stuff?

What do you think?

Fifty surveys were done on the lake.

What about the temp who got hurt?

You are getting mixed up, Nour.

The guy burned himself
with the liquid soda in the waste.

Let me explain:

liquid soda in contact with CO2

becomes earth, you get it?
It is inert.

-It is no longer dangerous.
-So there is nothing else in it?

Nothing. Here, please tie my shoes.

-Are you kidding?
-Tie my shoes,

I will bust the suit, please.
Come on.

Alright.

You are overthinking it, Nour.

It is because of the meeting
the other night.

The other foot.

Ecologists don't know
what a plant is.

Even if we close to please them,
what will it change?

Are all Americans
going to start cycling?

Will Russians stop looking
for oil in Siberia?

No.

We are tiny. It doesn't matter
if we close or not, get it?

Get it? It doesn't matter
if we close or not.

So?

Great.

-Is it good?
-Perfect.

When I am plant manager

I will hire you to iron my shirts.

You are crazy.

Nour?

-Emma. Hi.
-Hi.

A bowling alley
is original for a first meeting.

Sorry but I prefer
not to be seen with you.

We can be on first-name terms, right?

You wanted to talk to me
about something, right?

At the meeting the other day

you said there was a problem
with the plant.

With the waste.
What exactly is the problem?

Sorry?

What information do you have
on the waste?

Wait. Your company sent you, right?

No.

They want to know if someone
is really investigating them

so they send
the nice little nurse who...

Oh no, no. No, no,
not at all, that is not true.

What are we doing here then?

I saw your site, your investigations,
the documents, the photos and...

and I contacted you.

I...

I...

I am wondering. I...

I am having a hard time
getting specific information,

but if it is locked away, there must
be something wrong.

But the commission
has access to everything.

If there is a problem
they will find out, right?

No,

they are checking, to look good.

Even if they find something
we won't know.

The group that owns Arkalu
has dozens of other factories

in the area.

Political support at all levels.

They will get renewed, no problem.

How long have you been
working for them?

I just joined
but my whole family works there.

Oh, I see now. So you know
the plant well then?

If you are interested in waste
maybe you can tell me where it goes,

it used to be the lake, now we know

it goes into underground quarries
in the regional park

-but where exactly...
-I don't know.

I know it is evacuated
to a secure area

but I don't have access to it.

I have heard of the lake,
but that was a long time ago.

Heard about it, you mean,
you never really saw it?

Are you sure about this?

Don't worry.

What does "protected areas" mean?

It means nothing.

The village has been abandoned
for 15 years.

I remember now my dad saying,
"I am going to the lake,"

"I am going to see
the guys at the lake."

No, but for over 50 years

they dumped waste in the wild.

Honestly, the site is almost perfect.

Not a road around,
it is hidden behind the trees.

I don't think anyone cared.

If they did it,
it means it was allowed?

I am pretty sure it is toxic.

When you see the vegetation around...

Yes, but that was before,
maybe today it is different,

maybe the waste is clean,
we don't know.

No, they didn't. They didn't invest,
I know, I checked.

Why today would they dump

in abandoned quarries
if it was clean?

They were cement quarries,

they bought them for a symbolic euro
from the region.

Right above it is the regional park,
nobody messes with them.

They put it all
1,000ft. underground.

But if it is toxic, why hasn't anyone
done anything about it?

This is like asbestos,
it took 40 years.

Not at all,
it has nothing to do with it.

It is exactly the same thing.

I understand
it is complicated for you.

Can we go?

Soso. Soso.

Soso, Soso, my baby, my daughter.

You are getting married,
you will live your life without us.

Before you fly away,
I want to tell you

that the woman you have become
fills me with pride,

to tell you that the thief
who takes you away,

I love him like my son,

to tell you my Sofia,
you who has your mother in your eyes,

that you have already given me
the most beautiful gift, little Zoe.

To tell you that with her,
I relive the memory

of your tiny hand in mine,

your laughter and your sense of humor
that always calmed my anger.

To tell you, my Sofia, that I admire
your gentle presence

and your fighting energy

that carried me and helped me

through this storm
that devastated us,

but from which we came out
more united than ever.

To tell you that you are leaving and
that I am happy for my misfortune,

to tell you my love, my baby,
my daughter,

that I love you.

That is it.

I gave all I got.

It is very beautiful.

Yeah? I am going to learn this.

Couldn't it wait
until our weekly meeting?

No. I have a problem
with a department in my plant.

They were followed until 2004
and that was it.

So I did a quick report.

So, there are chronic bronchitis,

respiratory diseases,

12 cases of lung infections
and even two cancers.

Look, you are new
to occupational health, but still...

In any plant, a worker is
10 times more likely

than a manager to die
of early cancer.

It is unfortunate
but that is the way it is.

And it is not that simple...

Do these employees smoke?
What is their family history?

Do they have saltpeter
in their cellar?

So, I know

it is hard to know the causes
of these diseases,

-but it is obvious that...
-No, it is not obvious.

You are not a pulmonologist,
you are a nurse.

Yes, but... These workers are sick.

We can't pretend they don't exist.

If they work in a canteen,
they are no longer exposed.

They no longer have
compulsory checks.

We can't force them
to be seen by a doctor.

For those who still work,

can we at least request
emergency tests?

-As an emergency?
-Yes.

Listen, leave the file with me
and I will take a look.

Thanks.

Nour. Come.

Come here, please.

Why look into something
that is none of your business?

It is my business, Dad.
It is my job, that is why I am here.

Those who worked
in waste disposal before,

they are all sick.
They all have health problems.

But wait... You think we work
in a jewelry store?

Look. Look. Look, sweetie.

You see? That is where we work.

But then what?
Is it normal to be sick?

Should I just stand there
and do nothing?

I wait until you are all dead?

-Nonsense.
-What "nonsense"?

But if was really dangerous,

we would have all died long ago.

The plant enables us to eat.
You know that?

The dog does not bite the hand
that feeds him.

I am not a dog, Dad.

Miss Hamadi,
do you know who pays your salary?

Who pays for the tests you requested?

I am responsible
for the health of my employees.

If the commission hears
you have made this request,

can you imagine the consequences
for the plant?

But I checked all the records
before requesting the tests.

What did you check? You know nothing.

I will introduce you to my wife,
she is a French teacher,

she will teach you how to write...

We got a problem to solve, OK.
That is why we are all here.

But stay polite.

I know what I am saying.

The workers
who worked in waste disposal...

-At the lake...
-Yes, in the '90s.

This is not new to me.

It is unfortunate.

But at that time,
working conditions were difficult.

Workers were exposed.
You were not born.

So nowadays waste
is treated differently?

Today, we have no more problems.

The proof is that the director
of the regional nature park

is a member of our supervisory board.

Are you reassured?

So I saw with your dad,

we will forget your overzealousness.

We will conduct tests
on these employees in due course.

But don't make this kind of mistake
anymore... I trust you.

-So this...
-Thanks.

He is lying, Dad.

The plant has not changed
anything in 20 years.

They manufacture in the same way,
so they pollute in the same way.

It is the same. But you are always
complaining that...

that the plant
does not invest enough.

Look at your outfit, it is...

It is the same
as when I was in high school...

That is unrelated...

It is, Dad.
They got tons of subsidies

and the plant changed nothing.
Nothing. Nothing.

Stop, stop, stop, sweetie, stop.

Take care of boo boos,
stick up your posters.

But don't sabotage my work.

We left anyway.

With the trailer... The kids,
everything we could take, right...

But it was too late.

Six months later my husband

was in the cemetery.

Have you had an expertise done?

Are you sure
it is related to the plant's waste?

Of course it is,
what is it otherwise?

We saw some specialists,
they told us that.

A cancer that fast aged 29
is not normal.

But it is true that we have no proof.

They took measurements
in our houses quickly...

These are their figures.
But it is all wrong.

They told us
we didn't really live there...

that we were only exposed part-time.

-Didn't you have a medical follow-up?
-Yeah, right...

Two years ago I had a blood test,

for some stupid infection...

I had some minor breathing problems.

When he saw the results,

the doctor asked me
if I worked in heavy industry.

Heavy industry. Me?
I was a forest ranger.

So what made you leave?

One day we received a letter
from city hall,

we had to stop drinking the water
from our faucets,

stop using the river,
stop growing vegetables.

But there were no details,
no explanations.

So you were offered compensation.

Nothing.

They did not want to recognize
the pollution.

But in the evening,
they would go to the houses

and offer different amounts of money

to each person to leave.

A pittance...
Just to argue with each other.

And city hall did nothing.

In the end,
we didn't accept their scheming,

we took them to court.

We knew nothing about it,
we learned everything on the job.

Legal proceedings, diseases,
chemical processes.

-So in the end?
-In the end nothing...

We had no money left
to pay the lawyers.

So there you have it, end of story.

My father knows all this.

Not necessarily... Not the details...

Yes, he does.

He has a different way
of looking at things.

Yeah? And they don't see them?
Are they invisible?

They are hidden behind his big plant.

But you don't have to see things
the way your father does,

if you came today, there is a reason.

Anyway,

don't think you are betraying
your colleagues.

On the contrary,
you are helping them.

The case is super interesting.

But we don't have
any concrete evidence, right?

Excuse me, the injured temp
is a big deal,

the sick workers hidden away
in the canteen.

But don't you see
what the plant is hiding?

But this is not evidence.
Are you sure of your source?

Obviously.

I spent the day with her,
she is checking the article.

Calm down,
we will publish it tonight.

We can't bury this case, it can't be.

Calm down.
It just needs to be rephrased.

So work on it,

and we only publish
what we know for sure, right?

We warn, but conditionally,
we do not condemn.

Can you keep digging?

Yes, I am not done
exploiting my source.

That is perfect.

As soon as you have something new,
we will publish in a large format,

with a podcast of testimonies,
alright?

OK, well I will rewrite and send you
something in a couple of hours.

-OK.
-See you later.

Have you read it again?

You aren't done exploiting me?

No, it is a turn of phrase.

Yes, I know but it says it all.

I am not at your service.

I mean it is already so hard to...

I know what you are doing
is tricky...

No, you don't know.

Here it is,
"Health scandal at Arkalu."

That is a good title,

you don't have
to put "an employee testifies."

What is the point?

That a company employee testifies
is the whole point of the article,

otherwise it has no weight.

Yes, but they will understand
that it comes from me.

They will anyway.

The temp, the medical records,

they will definitely link to you.

Yeah, I would rather
you didn't put it in.

It won't change anything.

Maybe but I prefer that.

OK.

Thanks.

Otherwise,
your article is very good...

The testimonies,
the videos of the lake... It is...

It is well done. Well, I am leaving,
I don't feel very useful anymore.

Wait, Nour...

Thanks for everything.

And you. I love you.

Thanks.

Got a light?

Thanks.

I didn't want
to talk about it tonight.

The others don't know yet.

I was in Perez's office this morning.

We will try and cover up
that crappy article you did.

I don't understand you anymore, Nour.

What did you want me to do?

Right?

You should be in my position.

Fighting
for the health of your colleagues.

For them to be protected.

Against Perez.
Against the plant itself.

You knew about your colleagues.

You knew about the lake people
up there eating your shit

-and you did nothing... Nothing...
-You have been manipulated...

-And me. No, no, Dad.
-...by that journalist

circling around like a scavenger

-to get her scoop.
-I don't want to ignore it.

But she doesn't give
a damn about you.

She doesn't give a shit about us.

Once the plant is closed,
she moves on.

How could you betray me like that?

-On your sister's wedding day.
-Exactly, it is perfect.

All your colleagues are there.
They are all together.

But, come, we will tell them

"Thanks to Slim,
you get to keep your job,

"but you will all be dead
before you retire."

Now you are going
to say in front of everyone:

"The reason I hired my little girl
is because the plant is clean."

-Be quiet.
-You strut around like that...

Stop saying that. You don't know
what I am up against...

Four times the plant is bought out.
Four times we save it.

We would all like to have
new machines, to have it filtered,

for it to be all clean, as you want.

But it doesn't work like that.

We are left with the crumbs.

Now I have to deal
with those fucking environmentalists

who want to save the groundhogs.

I don't give a shit about groundhogs,
you know?

I want to save my colleagues.
Their families, their jobs.

Oh, you act all strong
but you know nothing.

-You don't get it.
-I do get it.

I get it. You are lying to us.

For years you have been lying to us.

Your plant is disgusting.

Keep fighting
to keep your little badge there.

Your little salary.
Your little Arkalu basket of goodies.

Carry on.

Don't change anything.

We will talk about it
at Paulo's funeral, Dad.

How can you come up with such crap?

You weren't acting so smart
when you forgot

your old lady in the hallway...

Don't come and ruin
your sister's wedding.

This is all I have for a mattress.
Will you be OK?

You are being smart,
I am a strong woman,

I take responsibility,
I make radical choices, right?

But you have lost faith, look at you.

No, I fight differently.

That is what you don't understand.
I am better, I sleep better.

What do you want to play again, AZF?
Seveso?

Who said anything about that?

That is unrelated,
you are mixing it all up.

Your plant it is the same bastards
as those from Montedison.

The same, except...

the Corsicans did not write articles
to stop them.

They blew up the boat.
End of operations. No more mud.

It has nothing to do with that.
It is long term pollution,

that is what I try to explain
in the article.

Your article is very good.

It is great, local boys

will be able to speak out

while playing pétanque on Sunday.

You are getting dumber and dumber...

Just because we don't agree
doesn't mean I am dumb.

in the meantime this plant
continues to kill.

It is not with an article
that we break industry diktats,

we have to move on.

Great.
You have a bright idea, I guess?

Is there any danger? Yes.

Should it be stopped? Yes.

Is there a political solution? No.

Are you serious, JB?

Look at you, doing

your little bourgeois revolution

-sitting behind your computer.
-Fuck you, OK?

Nour, this is JB,
he is the father of my child.

Nour works at Arkalu.

Great. Fuck, Emma...

I am sorry...

No, no. It is me... I didn't want...

No, not at all, it is him...

He was just meant
to pick up a few things.

-Would you like a cup of tea?
-Yeah.

Thanks.

Did you manage to sleep?

Hmm. What is all this?

It is the article.

It is the comments. It is a hit.

It is all thanks to you.

Ma'am, hello, it is the police.

Please move on.

Ma'am, you can't stay here,
please move on.

Are you there?

I spent the night at the plant.

I didn't set it on fire.
I have nothing to do with it.

I know.

Nour, where are you going to go?
Nour?

Alright, sweetie? Soso?

What are you doing here?

Do you have five minutes?
I would like to explain, I...

Explain what?

Did you see
what your new friends did?

But they are not my friends.

Have you seen
what is happening because of you?

But I am sorry, I...

I don't care, Nour, if you are sorry.

Greg is going to go down there,
it drove him crazy.

But what doesn't Greg understand?

Has he told you
what really happens at the plant?

-Nour...
-You can't help

but make a mess
wherever you go, can you?

Oh, fuck...

Three colleagues are in hospital
because of you.

How long have you been
laughing at us?

Have you been getting up to no good
behind our backs.

The plant is closed for two days.

Everyone is laid off temporarily.

That is
what you were looking for, right?

Because of your big mouth,
we will lose everything.

Everything.

Come in.

Lead or arsenic? According to Climax,

the Arkalu plant
is releasing a high dose

under a natural park
only a few hundred yards from us.

The company is currently
being inspected by a commission

expected to deliver its conclusions
in the next few days,

allowing it to continue
waste disposal for 10 years.

No one has claimed responsibility
for the fire at the plant,

but several
environmental organizations

have already taken a stand
against the plant,

following the revelations
of the Climax website.

From one day to the next, they may
receive approval from the prefecture.

Yes, but you have to go
beyond the prefecture.

The decision to allow waste disposal
has to become political,

for it to go up to the minister.

We will only be able to go
along with you if we have proof,

real proof, that they are lying about
the pollution level of the waste.

But I have been trying to do research
for weeks

-on the tests...
-Yes, at the same time,

if you wait for the plant
or the prefecture to give you info.

Go ahead, if you are so smart.

Why don't you go set off fireworks

like you did
for the nuclear power plant there?

That is right, why don't you do that?

So uh...

You are not going to do anything?

Actually it is up to you
to do something.

It is not often that an employee
becomes a whistleblower.

I am not a whistleblower, OK?

I am nothing at all.

It is up to you
to do something now...

Nour, I have explained.
We can only act

if we have
concrete evidence of pollution.

So we can help you.

That is, we can provide you
with logistical resources.

The real question is:
"Can you get these samples

"from the waste?"

What? You want me to steal samples?

No, no.
If it is you, it is not stealing.

You are an employee in the plant.

So if you report something that is
detrimental to the public interest,

as part of your job,
you are protected.

No. I am not
going to break in to the plant.

It is ultra-secure, it is...

There is no other way
if you want to get them to act.

They are right.

If we don't have proof, we won't be
heard, we will go around in circles.

I know all this,
but it is not possible.

There must be a way.

When I say it is inaccessible,

it is inaccessible.

Nour, I would go
if I were not pregnant.

Damn it, Emma.

I am losing my whole family to this.

For me, it is...
it is not just a plant.

I am not just here looking
for a scoop for my newspaper.

Is that what you think?

You think I am looking
for a scoop here?

You think I don't think about you
and what you are risking?

But I don't know
why you are doing this.

But I know
it is not the job of a journalist.

Yeah? So what is it then, go ahead.
Tell me. Please.

I am doing this because
if we don't do anything, Nour,

no one will do anything.

I am doing this for my son who will
be born, for your dad.

Because he is like the others,

he has kept his mouth shut
for years, because he is afraid,

because he has been told:
"Watch out. Unemployment."

But believe me.
If you don't do anything today

and he dies in five years,
you will regret it.

Here, this is a waterproof bag.

There is bound to be a place
where you can access the waste.

The real question

is what you will
find once you get there.

You follow the procedure well.

You sample as cleanly as possible.

If you can, you fill them all.
Is that OK?

The most important thing
is not to corrupt the samples

and to fasten them well.

OK...

Look.

Here you have
the list of pathologies.

It is for 23 workers.
You even have two cancers.

It is really disgusting.

Is it possible to get waste samples?

Why?

To find out what is in the pipes.

What do you care?

It keeps me awake at night.

My father works there,
my brother-in-law too.

Look at your arms.

Don't you want to know if the plant
is poisoning everyone or not?

I will never set foot
in that plant again.

But no one is asking you to go back.

So what do you do?

You could ask
one of your colleagues...

one of your colleagues
from the plant...

-to go...
-No.

You know very well that they would
never risk losing their job.

OK...

Where do the engineers
take the samples?

Stop your bullshit.
There are cameras,

there are traffic counters.
You need a special badge.

But I will get the badge.
Where is it?

You will never have the strength
to open the valve...

Don't worry about me. Where is it?

Good evening, all.

Thanks, Gregory,
and thanks to all our PR team

for organizing this great evening,
in a rush.

That is Arkalu...

It is one of the entities of
a leading group, Unicom, and you.

On a daily basis, your work,
your commitment.

Thanks for this.

Alright?

Alright.

Thanks for coming tonight,

it shows that we are ready
to fight together

for the future of the plant.

Even at night if necessary,

with fire extinguishers
and buckets of water.

Now it is time to see Vijay Singh,

President of the Unicom Group.

Hello, Grenoble.

I think you have
some very good news for us.

Yeah.

Yesterday we decided
in the board of directors to invest

in your plant as of next year.

Thanks.

Life wins and it is thanks to you.

Thanks to your elected officials,
Miss Renzoni in particular,

it is thanks to Mr. Perez
and to all our combined efforts

that your region will continue
to be able to develop...

with the best chances for the future.

Finally here is the good news.

Arkalu's transparency efforts

have convinced the prefecture
that the plant can continue.

Our city will survive.

Oh... Fuck...

Good evening, thanks.

I don't know if I can speak
in the name of all the staff

tonight.

Yes, come on.

It is true
we have all made huge sacrifices

these last few years.

So I just want
to tell you guys that...

I would like to tell you
that tonight it is nice

to see that we are all still here.

Come on, be brave.

Thanks, Mr. Hamadi.
We all understand that you are...

Nour?

Stop.

Nour. Come back, please.

Hey, Nour.

Come back now.

She is hurt, don't touch her,
don't touch her.

What, Jeff?

What?

Why?
What the hell was she doing there?

I have no idea.
I was at the conference.

Victor. Victor, open up. Oh open up.

Slim, Slim.

Where is she? Where is she?

I don't understand...
I can't figure it out.

How did she get into the waste area?

I don't know what happened.
I don't get it.

Don't you get it?
Where is your badge?

I won't let your daughter off.

She will also have
to explain the generator fire.

It is not her, it is not her,
it can't be...

Wake up, Hamadi.

She had a whole bag
of professional equipment

to collect samples.

She did not act alone,
she is part of an organization of...

I don't know... You don't even know
who your daughter is.

Can't you see
that I am fighting every day

to save this company.

You hire a little shit who breaks

into the plant at night to sink us.

How could you be so stupid?

Calm down, calm down, let go of him.

Enough.

I have worked in this company
for 30 years. This is my home.

This is my home.

You are not the one who collects
the soil day and night

to put it in the ovens.

You are not alone,
there are 223 of us.

Your daughter has burned her face.

The firefighters have just left
with her for the hospital.

-Sir, no.
-It is my daughter.

Sorry, you can't see her right now.

-It is my daughter.
-Sir, calm down. Calm down.

Sir...

-Why can't I see her?
-I can't let you in.

-Where are the doctors?
-Over there.

Are you happy?

Did you get what you wanted?
You bitch.

Calm down. Please leave.

I am sorry about your daughter.

Are you kidding me?
You have your unfortunate victim.

This is good
for your shitty newspaper.

Nour did what she thought was right.

Right according to whom?
According to you?

She is paying for your friends.

But no one should pay for this plant.

Not your daughter, not you,
not your colleagues,

not the people who live here. No one.

In two, five, seven years...

A pension fund will sell it
and relocate it.

You will have lost everything.

The place you live in will be
polluted perhaps for centuries.

So what do you want us to do?
Is it our fault?

We would all like it to be clean.

That is not
what history will remember.

You will be seen
as the bosses' foolish accomplices.

The old workers who did not want
to let go of their old plant.

And you know it.

We need political decisions and means
to stop pollution.

It has to piss them off at the top.

It has to be
the only option for them.

For that, the truth has to come out,

that is what Nour went looking for.

The truth.

To save the workers...

To save you, you...

Because you lied to her.

You should have told your daughter
the truth.

What did you want me to do?

We don't have the right to speak.

EXIT

An employee of the Arkalu plant
has re-ignited the case

by sending the press
confidential documents

-which prove the toxicity
-Heavy metals as well

-as waste in the natural park.
-Radioactivity well above

normal while the prefecture
had just given its agreement

to extend the waste disposal right...

We will hear from Anne Sylvain
who did

this edifying report.
Anne, how did we get here?

Incriminating statement,
you have been following

the case of this red mud closely...

This is toxic waste

since it contains heavy metals

and has a
naturally reinforced radioactivity.

If this pollution is proven,

a state scandal that may break out

and this morning
we expect a statement

from
the Ecological Transition Minister.

BASED ON A TRUE STORY

RED SOIL

A FILM BY FARID BENTOUMI

Subtitling: Hiventy