Le couperet

Mar 2 2005 Not Rated 1h 57m
Comedy, Crime, Drama

A chemist loses his job to outsourcing. Two years later and still jobless, he hits on a solution: to genuinely eliminate his competition.

Plot

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

Donald E. Westlake, Costa-Gavras, Jean-Claude Grumberg

Directed by

Costa-Gavras

Production Countries

France, Belgium, Spain

Production Companies

Wanda Visión, RTBF, Les Films du Fleuve, France 2 Cinéma, SCOPE Pictures, K.G Productions, StudioCanal

Languages

Nederlands, Français

Awards

1 win & 5 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
9,090
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA