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Les vies d'Andrès streaming

2025 Movie 92 min
By: Baptiste Janon, Rémi Pons

Inspired by a novel by B. Traven about the life of Andrès Ugalde, a cart driver in 1920s Mexico, this film depicts his contemporary twin, a truck driver for a small transport company in Europe. As he puts in the hours, stuck in a race for profit, “Andrès” serves as a cog in a system that exhausts the men who make it function, and in so doing exhausts itself.

Festival Achievements

Solothurner Filmtage 2026
Selections:
Panorama Langfilm
Visions du Réel 2025
Awards:
National Competition
Nominations:
National Competition

Mood

Dark
Melancholic
Thoughtful

Cast & Crew

Rémi Pons
Baptiste Janon
Rémi Pons (Director)

Adaptation

Novel Adaptation

Cinematic Technique

Grainy
Handheld
Naturalistic

Narrative Structure

Adaptation
Parallel Storytelling

Pace

Slow-Paced

Style

Cinematic
Documentary
Realistic

Time-Period

1920S
Contemporary

Central Conflict

Exploitation
Modern Labor System

Characters

Systemic Worker
Truck Driver

Ending

Ambiguous
Systemic Critique

Historical Context

1920S Mexico
Contemporary Europe

Key Plot Points

Race For Profit
Systemic Fatigue

Plot

Modern Transport Critique
Systemic Exhaustion
Worker Alienation

Setting

Europe
Transport Industry

Shooting Location

Europe

Theme

Modern Labor Critique
Systemic Alienation
Worker Exploitation

Genre

Drama
Social Critique

Audiences

Adults
Socially Conscious Viewers

Titles

Andrès'S Lives

Production Countries

France
Germany

Release Year

2025
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