An average movie

I wasn't really sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Léa Seydoux. I thought I might as well check it out. First of all, I didn't know anything about this movie before watching it and, to be honest, with this title, I thought it would be about a train station. Obviously, it was actually dealing with a nuclear power plant and I must admit that it was actually quite spellbinding to dive into this parallel world involving blue class labor guys doing some extremely risky work for a minimum wage. Especially in France where you have about a dozen of nuclear power plants like the one displayed in this movie, you obviously need someone who would dare to do this potentially lethal work and the director Rebecca Zlotowski did a really solid work to show the various state of minds going through this group of men and women. Unfortunately, even though the material was strong and sufficient, she apparently felt compelled to add a really generic love triangle in the mix. I mean, I don't blame Léa Seydoux, she did her best with a rather underwritten character and she was quite spellbinding as usual but, as soon as she showed up, the whole thing was completely derailed from its main topic. Indeed, they could have focused for example instead on the past and background of the main character. How did he end up there? Why did he choose a work like this one? There was indeed one scene when he went to his sister but it could have been easily removed and this aspect of the character never came back afterwards so it felt rather pointless. Of course, to keep this guy a mystery was not a bad idea but this romance was definitely misguided and they should have come up with something else to add up some drama to the mix. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it was still a decent watch and I think it is worth a look. 

6/10