A psychologist discovers troubling links between Nazism and modern-day big business.
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Nicolas Klotz
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Title: La question humaine (2007)
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6 wins & 4 nominations.
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| Mathieu Amalric | ... | Simon | |
| Michael Lonsdale | ... | Mathias Jüst | |
| Edith Scob | ... | Lucy Jüst | |
| Lou Castel | ... | Arie Neumann | |
| Jean-Pierre Kalfon | ... | Karl Rose | |
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Valérie Dréville | ... | Lynn Sanderson |
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Laetitia Spigarelli | ... | Louisa |
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Delphine Chuillot | ... | Isabelle |
| Nicolas Maury | ... | Tavera | |
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Rémy Carpentier | ... | Jacques Paolini |
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David Abtmalt | ||
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Solène Agobert | ||
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Louis Aguettant | ... | Le chanteur de fado |
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Nassim Amaouche | ||
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Marie-Reine Beaumesnil | ||
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Paris today. Simon works as psychologist in human resources department of petrochemical corporation. When Management gets him to investigate one of the factory's executives, Simon'perception goes disturbingly chaotic and cloudy. The experience affects his body, his mind, his personal life and his sensibility. The calm assurance that made him such a rigorous technician starts to falter. Written by SDP
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psychologist | nazism | corporation | illegal immigration | voice over narration |Parents Guide:
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Country:
FranceLanguage:
FrenchRelease Date:
12 September 2007 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
€600,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$5,309, 16 March 2008, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$5,309, 16 March 2008Company Credits
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Sophie Dulac Productions, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), CinéCinéma See more »
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I really did want to appreciate this movie for tackling a series of monumental subjects - corporate dehumanization, guilt by association (especially concerning the Holocaust), Orwellian destruction of meaningful language, and the fallibility of psychoanalysis. However, watching this made me realize why the similarly dense subject material from novelists like Don DeLillo and Thomas Pynchon rarely make it to the big screen is that they are much too diffuse, internal, and cerebral to even attempt in the plot-action-event world of film. I love film, and I love ideas, but all good film (even the most arty and pretentious) is about action first and ideas second. This film starts with the ideas and never lets the characters out from under them. A movie should never be about words, just as a novel should never have directions for camera angles.
I can't make a conclusive evaluation of whether I loved it or hated it, so I give it a 5 out of 10. It fails in doing the impossible, so I have to give it some credit. This movie is a prime example of why some novels should never be made into films.