“Les Algues vertes”, light on a pollution scandal in Brittany

It is the fight of a lifetime: that of Inès Leraud against the scourge of green algae. Very quickly, the journalist will come up against the wall of silence. Two deaths are suspected to be linked to the emanation of gas toxic, from green algae. “It’s completely phenomenal, what she has accomplished”testifies Celine Sallette, actress. behind thiss phenomenons, hides an intensive agricultural model that sustains an entire region. Green algae proliferate due to nitrogen fertilizer ballswhich thrive in waterways.

Inès Léraud is co-screenwriter

Ines Leraud moved to Brittany for this investigation. She also co-wrote the film. “What I find captivating in this film is that it is based on real events, with a thriller dimension”, she underlines. Since the beginning of previews in Brittany, the rooms are, they, pleaseeines. The film denounces a very polluting agri-food system.