In the Beginning

France, present day. A professional conman passes himself off as the boss of a construction site building a highway extension. He cons the whole region, hires dozens of workers and cynically enjoys the profits of his scam until he meets the lady mayor of a small village that the road will go through. She intrigues and unsettles him, before revealing to him a world he never knew: feelings. How far will he go now to save his victims and save himself from his own lies?

In the Beginning is a 2009 drama crime movie directed by Xavier Giannoli, starring Gérard Depardieu, François Cluzet, Emmanuelle Devos. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.1/10 from 2,737 votes and runs 2h 10m.