The Ax ( Le Couperet )

The Ax (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Le Couperet
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Ceasar Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
120 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2005 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
France ( France, Benelux )
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Costa-Gavras

Written By:
Donald E. Westlake
Costa-Gavras

Actors:
José Garcia ..... Bruno Davert
Karin Viard ..... Marlène Davert
Geordy Monfils ..... Maxime Davert
Christa Theret ..... Betty Davert
Ulrich Tukur ..... Gérard Hutchinson
Olivier Gourmet ..... Raymond Machefer
Yvon Back ..... Etienne Barnet
Thierry Hancisse ..... Inspecteur Kesler
Olga Grumberg ..... Iris Thompson
Yolande Moreau ..... Préposée poste
Dieudonné Kabongo ..... Quinlan Longus (as Dieudonné Kabongo Bashila)
Jean-Pierre Gos ..... Garagiste
Vanessa Larré ..... Prédatrice
Serge Larivière ..... Inspecteur Police
Jeanne Savary ..... La présentatrice TV

Synopsis:

Bruno Davert, an engineer worker in the papermaking industry, is a victim of the relocation of his company. He has been on the dole for almost two years, alternating between moments of self-awareness and depression, and confronting the humiliation of job interviews. One day he has a somewhat drastic idea: to treat the 'labor market' like any other market, in other words to do everything possible to eliminate all competition. He obtains the names of the unemployed engineers living in his region and, therefore, potential rivals for a job at the Arcadia factory and kills them one by one.

The thirty-nine years old executive Bruno Davert has been working for fifteen years in a paper company. After a merging operation with a Romania's company, he is fired in a downsizing. While unemployed for two years, Bruno loses his self-esteem and sanity and his family loses the middle-class lifestyle without cable television, Internet and regular consumption. He concludes that there is too much competition in his sector for a few job positions and decides to literally eliminate his competitors, killing those more qualified than him.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 18 July, 2007.

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