Le couperet (2005) 7.4
A chemist (Garcia) loses his job to outsourcing. Two years later and still jobless, he hits on a solution: to genuinely eliminate his competition. Director:Costa-Gavras |
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Cast
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Geordy Monfils | ... |
Maxime Davert
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Raymond Machefer
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Yvon Back | ... |
Etienne Barnet
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Iris Thompson
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Dieudonné Kabongo | ... |
Quinlan Longus
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Jean-Pierre Gos | ... |
Garagiste
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Vanessa Larré | ... |
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Serge Larivière | ... |
Inspecteur Police
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Bruno Davert, a chemist working for a paper company, is fired. After three years he's still unemployed, too much competition for the few job position he could fit in his sector. He sent tons of resumes, he attended many qualifying courses, he tried everything but there is nothing to do: no job for him in the industry. The only healthy company in the sector is "Arcadia", but joining it is just an impossible dream. At this point Bruno is desperate. What he could do: to kill all the competitors? Could he? Written by 1felco
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Release Date:
2 March 2005 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend:
$13,795 (Chile) (30 June 2006)Gross:
$13,795 (Chile) (30 June 2006)Company Credits
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Bruno Davert: Has-been.
Gérard Hutchinson: Ah oui, voilà, has-been.
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Gérard Hutchinson: Vous savez, au bout de cinq ans de chômage on est devenu... non, comment on dit en français?Bruno Davert: Has-been.
Gérard Hutchinson: Ah oui, voilà, has-been.
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Bruno DAVERT (Jose Garcia) is locked-out for economic reasons. To find a new job, his method is simple : kill the other candidates. His behaviour changes, and his wife Marlène(Karin Viard) feels Bruno moving away from the family, from herself and from the true life.
Costa-Gavras shows as the unemployment can make a man crazy.
A perfect look on the stupidity of our society when a man is only the money he can earn. Costa-Gavras show us the vacuum we are running to, destroying everything to obtain what ?
Probably the best political movie of the ten last years. Garcia is excellent, probably because he does not know he his good. K. Viard change her usual energy in distress, her performance is excellent. Everybody is good.
Run to this movie. It shows you your future