In the Beginning
Film poster
Directed by	Xavier Giannoli
Written by	Xavier Giannoli
Produced by	Pierre-Ange Le Pogam Celia Simonnet Edouard Weil
Starring	François Cluzet Emmanuelle Devos
Cinematography	Glynn Speeckaert
Edited by	Célia Lafitedupont
Music by	Cliff Martinez
Production companies	Rectangle Productions Studio 37 France 3 Cinéma
Distributed by	EuropaCorp
Release date	20 May 2009 (2009-05-20)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	$2.8 million[1]

In the Beginning (French: À l'origine) is a 2009 French drama film directed by Xavier Giannoli. The film competed in the main competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

Plot

The film tells the dramatized true story of Philippe Berre, a Frenchman with a reputation as an impostor. In the film, much as actual events, Monsieur Berre goes to a small town, passing himself off as a civil engineer, and claims that the government has decided to start previously scrapped plans for the construction of a highway. He commissions supplies, gains construction vehicles, and brings jobs to the community and actually constructs a section of roadway in the process before being discovered.

Cast

• François Cluzet as Paul / Philippe Miller
• Emmanuelle Devos as Stéphane
• Brice Fournier as Louis
• Soko as Monika
• Vincent Rottiers as Nicolas
• Gérard Depardieu as Abel
• Corinne Masiero as Corinne
• Patrick Descamps as Bollard
• Thierry Godard as Michel