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La question humaine

  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 23m
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6.1/10
1.2K
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La question humaine (2007)
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A psychologist discovers troubling links between Nazism and modern-day big business.A psychologist discovers troubling links between Nazism and modern-day big business.A psychologist discovers troubling links between Nazism and modern-day big business.

  • Director
    • Nicolas Klotz
  • Writers
    • François Emmanuel
    • Elisabeth Perceval
  • Stars
    • Mathieu Amalric
    • Michael Lonsdale
    • Edith Scob
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    1.2K
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    • Director
      • Nicolas Klotz
    • Writers
      • François Emmanuel
      • Elisabeth Perceval
    • Stars
      • Mathieu Amalric
      • Michael Lonsdale
      • Edith Scob
    • 21User reviews
    • 43Critic reviews
    • 68Metascore
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 4 nominations

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    Mathieu Amalric
    Mathieu Amalric
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    Michael Lonsdale
    Michael Lonsdale
    • Mathias Jüst
    Edith Scob
    Edith Scob
    • Lucy Jüst
    Lou Castel
    Lou Castel
    • Arie Neumann
    Jean-Pierre Kalfon
    Jean-Pierre Kalfon
    • Karl Rose
    Valérie Dréville
    • Lynn Sanderson
    Laetitia Spigarelli
    • Louisa
    Delphine Chuillot
    Delphine Chuillot
    • Isabelle
    Nicolas Maury
    Nicolas Maury
    • Tavera
    Rémy Carpentier
    • Jacques Paolini
    David Abtmalt
    Solène Agobert
    Louis Aguettant
    • Le chanteur de fado
    Nassim Amaouche
    Marie-Reine Beaumesnil
    Wilfried Bechtold
    Ludovic Bellocq
    Elisabeth Bernat
    • Director
      • Nicolas Klotz
    • Writers
      • François Emmanuel
      • Elisabeth Perceval
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      Julianne Binard's debut.
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      Referenced in Les amants cinéma (2008)

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    Pass The Eye Drops!
    I start by saying how sorry I feel for the Director, Nicolas Klotz. His name is the German cognate of "block" or "lump" and like his name that's what he delivers - a lump of celluloid intent on blocking any aspirations to aesthetic of philosophical appeal. It is distasteful to the highest magnitude. The comments by fellow reviewer greenforest56 from San Francisco are a good summary on this horrid film, in particular Greenforest's first lines.

    By now I should have learnt my lesson with French films and the pretencions of music e.g. "Un Coeur en Hiver (A Heart in Winter)" For reasons only known to Napoleon they just can't pull it off. It seems as if the pretend auteurs need to inject some music to give their films a stamp of Gallic approval.

    Watching the film and the making of was sheer torture - for reasons given by others. I'm not sure it could be improved but if it could the first thing to vanish would be the boring and annoying long takes. What was the idea of the over long take at the rave party? The director said he wanted it shown in a documentary style. But why? And what was the long shot of the railway line? Was it supposed to be a very sick subliminal metaphor for the track leading to Auschwitz? Maybe it was quite simply pathetic editing?

    Klot's analogy or metaphor of modern day techno-fascism in comparison with the Gestapo beggars belief. What on earth was Elisabeth Perceval thinking of when she wrote this drivel? The comparison between illegal immigrants trying to access Europe and the Gestapo gassing trucks is truly bizarre. No matter that she talks about the technology used today to detect the sound of a heartbeat by immigrants hiding in trucks(hence the title) but to compare it with the technology devised by the Nazis to kill millions requires either a few bottles of wine or a perverse course on left bank Marxist tripe.

    It's only when one analyses each of the themes that it falls apart like a cheap dress.

    It was such a shame to see that fine actor Mathieu Amalric put his name to this truly awful film.

    Lastly. This will be a film that the arty critics and teachers at film schools will simply adore. They will be able to talk and write forever on all the nuances, depth, texture and Mis En Scene. Avoid them and the film at all costs!

    Points Minus 9.5. It would have been 10 but I always make an allowance for those who write the end credits.
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    • Dec 20, 2008

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    • Release date
      • September 12, 2007 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • The Human Question
    • Filming locations
      • Le Mans, Sarthe, France
    • Production companies
      • Sophie Dulac Productions
      • Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
      • CinéCinéma
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €600,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $5,309
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $5,309
      • Mar 16, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $692,575
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 23 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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