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The Ax (2005)
Directed by Costa-Gavras
“Some people would die to get (him) this job.”
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller · 1h 58m
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.
Cast
José Garcia
Bruno Davert
Karin Viard
Marlène Davert
Ulrich Tukur
Gérard Hutchinson
Olivier Gourmet
Raymond Machefer
Yvon Back
Etienne Barnet
Thierry Hancisse
Inspector Kesler
Olga Grumberg
Iris Thompson
Geordy Couturiau
Maxime Davert
Christa Théret
Betty Davert
Yolande Moreau
Post Office Clerk
Dieudonné Kabongo
Quinlan Longus
Jean-Pierre Gos
Garage Owner
Crew
- Director
- Costa-Gavras
- Screenplay
- Costa-Gavras, Jean-Claude Grumberg
- Novel
- Donald E. Westlake
- Director of Photography
- Patrick Blossier
- Original Music Composer
- Armand Amar
- Editor
- Yannick Kergoat
- Producer
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, José María Morales, Michèle Ray-Gavras
Details
- Original title
- Le Couperet
- Release date
- 2005-03-02
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- Dutch, French
- Countries
- France, Belgium, Spain
- Production
- KG Productions, StudioCanal, France 2 Cinéma, Les Films du Fleuve, RTBF, SCOPE Invest, Wanda Visión
- Budget
- $5,400,000
- Box office
- $4,900,000