The Ax

Name: The Ax
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2005-03-02
Duration: 1 h 58 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: José Garcia, Karin Viard, Ulrich Tukur, Olivier Gourmet, Yvon Back

Some people would die to get (him) this job.

Le Couperet (2005)

Timing: 1:58 (118 min)

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Release date

2005-03-02

Country

Belgium, France, Spain

Production

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

Genre

Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Budget

$5 400 000

Revenue

$4 900 000

Website

Director

Costa-Gavras

Actors

José Garcia, Karin Viard, Ulrich Tukur, Olivier Gourmet, Yvon Back, Thierry Hancisse, Olga Grumberg, Geordy Couturiau, Christa Théret, Yolande Moreau
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Scenario

Producer

Luc Dardenne, Michèle Ray-Gavras, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, José María Morales

Operator

Patrick Blossier

Composer

Armand Amar

Artist

Laurent Deroo

Audition

Gerda Diddens, Kris Portier de Bellair

Editing

Yannick Kergoat
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Short description

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.