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For ten years, the family of five has been living in a beat up, pre-fab wreck of a house less than twenty meters from an abandoned highway. Funding for the road dried up ten years ago and they have enjoyed rural bliss.
Without warning, road crews arrive, shift all their belongings next to the house, install guardrails.
Next day, traffic arrives. First a trickle - then a steady stream - finally bumper to bumper.
Endless honking and exhaust fumes.
Film follows how they cope … and how they don’t cope.
Acting, led by Isabel Huppert, fine across the board in downbeat movie.

Big problem with the plot is few countries would permit them to remain. Certainly not France, where this is set.
Governments would seize the land by eminent domain (compulsory purchase, resumption, acquisition, expropriation, etc …) to protect themselves from potential liability or legal conflicts.