The read
A Balasaur Score of 74 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 80%. Scores higher than 92% of the 2,368 2000s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
230 audience votes
Key crew
- Costa-GavrasDirector
- Costa-GavrasScreenplay
- Jean-Claude GrumbergScreenplay
- Armand AmarOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- José GarciaBruno Davert
- Karin ViardMarlène Davert
- Ulrich TukurGérard Hutchinson
- Olivier GourmetRaymond Machefer
- Yvon BackEtienne Barnet
- Thierry HancisseInspector Kesler
- Olga GrumbergIris Thompson
- Geordy CouturiauMaxime Davert
- Christa ThéretBetty Davert
- Yolande MoreauPost Office Clerk
- Dieudonné KabongoQuinlan Longus
- Jean-Pierre GosGarage Owner
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Themes
based on novel or bookcapitalismeconomyunemploymentcorporationpaper industryunemployedluger