A realistic portrait of a set of individuals living on the margins of French society, a world far removed from most people’s image of France. It originated as a novel written by a group of seventeen unemployed people living in Roubaix, known collectively as Roseback (…). It is this, perhaps more than anything, which accounts for the film’s stark authenticity. The lack of a coherent central narrative and dramatic plot developments is at times frustrating but the content is both eye-opening and poignant, often in a subtle way (…). Sauve-moi is a worthy film which treats its subject with the seriousness that it deserves. — James Travers

Chronique sociale donc, exercice pavé d’autant de mines que de bonnes intentions, jamais à l’abri du politiquement correct. Or, parce qu’à la fois particulièrement ténu et pourtant tenu de bout en bout, Sauve-moi déjoue écueils et glissades, assume fièrement son rang sans jamais verser dans la complaisance misérabiliste, la tentation Kleenex ou le sursaut spectaculaire. Il y aura bien un homicide, mais la dérive policière redoutée se prendra dans les rets d’une fiction avantageusement dévolue au surplace, pas à la résignation. — Bertrand Loutte