# Max & Leon (2016)

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**Original title**: *La Folle Histoire de Max et Léon*
**Runtime**: 98 min
**Genres**: Comedy, War, Adventure
**Directed by**: Jonathan Barré
**Written by**: Grégoire Ludig, David Marsais
**Starring**: Grégoire Ludig, David Marsais, Bernard Farcy, Dominique Pinon, Julien Pestel, Alice Vial

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Two ne’er-do-wells in Nazi-occupied France treat conscription like an unpaid internship. They stumble into increasingly absurd schemes to dodge the front lines. The war drifts into vibrant background noise for a comedy that forgets to enlist.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, outsider, playful

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