Le Couperet

Le Couperet (2005)

  • 80% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 79% of users liked it
    (3,197 ratings)

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 and depression, and confronting the humiliation of job interviews. One day he has a somewhat drastic… More

In Theaters
Mar 2, 2005 Wide
Mars Distribution

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    It's a film better suited for the talents of the Coen Brothers.

  • Amber Wilkinson, Eye for Film

    Garcia - reminiscent of a young Jack Lemmon - puts the hang into dog perfectly and the script will bite your arm off.

  • Urban Cinefile Critics, Urban Cinefile

    It's a black comedy with plenty to say, much of it about the self serving righteousness of Bruno's bourgeois peers

  • Boyd van Hoeij, european-films.net

    The darkly serious tone of the script, Costa-Gavras' crisp direction and the dead-on acting (pun intended) make Le couperet a very intelligent and hilarious satire.

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  • Wu C


    Fantastic little film. Dark humor and social commentary at it's best.

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