The Ax
Le couperet
2005, Film, 117 min, Comedy, Crime, Drama, French, France, MoviePedia score 69
Some people would die to get (him) this job.
Bruno loved his job as a middle manager at a paper company, but optimistically views being laid off as an opportunity. After two years of searching for a comparable position, optimism turns to desperation. His wife works two jobs, and their marriage slowly deteriorates as their hold on the middle class slips away. Bruno concocts a grimly audacious plan to identify and kill his fellow job applicants so that he is the only qualified person left.
Directed by Costa-Gavras
Cast
- José Garcia as Bruno Davert
- Karin Viard as Marlène Davert
- Geordy Couturiau as Maxime Davert
- Ulrich Tukur as Gérard Hutchinson
- Christa Théret as Betty Davert
- Olivier Gourmet as Raymond Machefer
- Yvon Back as Etienne Barnet
- Thierry Hancisse as Inspecteur Kesler
- Olga Grumberg as Iris Thompson
- Yolande Moreau as Préposée poste
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