Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Marion Cotillard | ... | Sandra | |
Fabrizio Rongione | ... | Manu | |
Catherine Salée | ... | Juliette | |
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Baptiste Sornin | ... | M. Dumont |
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Pili Groyne | ... | Estelle |
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Simon Caudry | ... | Maxime |
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Lara Persain | ... | Femme de Willy |
Alain Eloy | ... | Willy | |
Myriem Akheddiou | ... | Mireille | |
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Fabienne Sciascia | ... | Nadine |
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Anette Niro | ... | Nanna |
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Rania Mellouli | ... | Fille Timur |
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Christelle Delbrouck | ... | Barwoman |
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Timur Magomedgadzhiev | ... | Timur |
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Hassaba Halibi | ... | Femme de Hicham (as Hassiba Halabi) |
Sandra Bya, married with two children, has been off work from her job at Solwal on medical leave for depression. During her absence from work, her boss, M. Dumont, on the suggestion of her immediate supervisor, the shop foreman Jean-Marc, figures that her section of the company can function with sixteen people working full time with a bit of overtime instead of seventeen with no overtime, that seventeenth person being Sandra. Because of the global competition the company faces, Dumont decides the company can only finance the annual bonuses for those sixteen employees, which are EUR1,000 per person, or Sandra's job, leaving the decision to those sixteen. On a Friday near the end of her medical leave, Sandra learns of this situation from her friend and co-worker Juliette after the "show of hands" vote is held, the result a 13-3 decision for the bonuses over Sandra's job. Because Juliette knows Jean-Marc, who is determined to get rid of Sandra, influenced the vote by scare mongering ... Written by Huggo
You absolutely will be disappointed if you are looking for a "robot fighting robot" movie or anything superficial, or beautiful woman. (Well no one can say Cottilard is not beautiful, but she deliberately gives up her beauty to fit the character.)
This movie shows us what real emotions is. It reveals life in such a vivid and convincing way that you'll think about your own life, although you may be a lot better off than the characters.
After all this movie is a feast of fine acting, a reason that movies are still called art, and a spirit lifting experience that is going to linger on for a long time after you finish it.