'The Measure of a Man' trivia and fun facts

The news of the media and life itself served as inspiration for the writers of the film.

The director used a group of non-professionals actors to provide greater realism to the film.

9'36 minutes of standing ovation at Cannes 2015.

The director, Stéphan Brizé, spent months in a supermarket and made practices as a security agent to understand first-hand the situation that was going to describe in his film.

Some of the actors in the film have the same work in real life that the characters who play.

This is the third work which the actor, Vincent Lindon, and the director performed together.

The director decided to work with Eric Dumont, photography director of documentary films, to increase the sense of truthfulness.

This is the sixth feature film by the french director Stéphan Brizé.