Christa Theret, Geordy Monfils, José Garcia

Bruno Davert, an engineer worker in the papermaking industry, is a victim of the relocation of his company. He has been on the dole for almost two years, alternating between moments of self-awareness ...( read more  read more... )and depression, and confronting the humiliation of job interviews. One day he has a somewhat drastic idea: to treat the labor market like any other market, in other words to do everything possible to eliminate all competition. He obtains the names of the unemployed engineers living in his region and, therefore, potential rivals for a job at the Arcadia factory and kills them one by one.

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Unrated, 2 hrs. 2 min.

Directed by: Costa-Gavras

Release Date: March 2, 2005

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  • June 29, 2009
    Fantastic little film. Dark humor and social commentary at it's best.
  • October 5, 2009
    I have heared so many good things about this film..Costas Gavras always sets the standards high...
  • August 13, 2009
    Sympathique, Intelligent, Captivant.
  • March 29, 2009
    Slight, but well-executed for the most part. There is some clumsiness, but there's also a lot of tension and black, ironic comedy. Enjoyable.
  • February 4, 2009
    its an interesting film...
    well direct it.
    a bit slow pace but worth watching
  • October 5, 2008
    Si l'idée est machiavéliquement terrifiante, le film est un entre-deux de genre. Comédie? Drame? Thriller? On ne sait pas trop et c'est tant mieux, c'est d'ailleurs cette inclassification qui donne à ce film tout le ton qu'il mérite. Très distingué, autant dans ses interprétation...( read more)s que dans sa réalisation, l'exercice est toutefois trop long, prenant trop de temps sur les petits détails *brouilleurs de cartes* qu'on se force à amener. Pourtant, on ne reprochera pas trop à ce film bien exécuté qui amène des réflexions plutôt inquiétantes sur l'importance de l'emploi et de la vie sans.
  • August 8, 2008
    Costa-Gavras creates an acid parable of corporate hell.
  • March 27, 2008
    An unprobable come one after the other events make Bruno Davert a serial killer of a sap mission he have decided. After his discharge in the sheet factory where he worked for years, and after a long unemploy period, he decide to kill other unemployeds with the hope to find new wo...( read more)rk. The storyboard is grotesque and shows a distorted reality where every event helps his mission.
  • February 10, 2008
    This movie really impressed me.
    What a scenario from Costas Gavras! A sarcastic view of synchronous life. You must see this...

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