Here is a really original idea for a movie. Bruno Davert is a French expert in a profession that falls victim to consolidation and lay-offs. His losing the job does not really seem to affect his material life, thanks maybe to the French or European safety net, but does hurt him in his personal life and pride of being the main income provider in the home. He loves his family, he is ready to fight for his dignity, so he will do the normal thing that one can do in his situation - he draws a list of his competitors - one holding the only remaining dream position and the other five best competitors who are jobless as he is and ... starts eliminating them.
Costa Gavras, the director of the big political causes touches here an important issue of our days which hurts badly a lot of people. The nice thing is that he is doing it in a way that combines black humor and compassion, and in a minor mode that does not allow us to really hate the serial killer hero of the story. Jose Garcia is cast in the main role, and as the whole cast he plays in a minor and day-to-day manner that gives the impression that the terrible deeds happening under our eyes are the norm in a society that lost its human logic. This film is not a shocker when you see it, it is actually quite entertaining and funny to watch sometimes, but makes you reflect at the real situation described here more after the movie than during the screening. Which is not small thing to achieve I believe.
Costa Gavras, the director of the big political causes touches here an important issue of our days which hurts badly a lot of people. The nice thing is that he is doing it in a way that combines black humor and compassion, and in a minor mode that does not allow us to really hate the serial killer hero of the story. Jose Garcia is cast in the main role, and as the whole cast he plays in a minor and day-to-day manner that gives the impression that the terrible deeds happening under our eyes are the norm in a society that lost its human logic. This film is not a shocker when you see it, it is actually quite entertaining and funny to watch sometimes, but makes you reflect at the real situation described here more after the movie than during the screening. Which is not small thing to achieve I believe.