HUMAN RESOURCES
| 2000 – 103′ – Drama.
Written by: Laurent Cantet, Gilles Marchand.
Directed by: Laurent Cantet.
Starring: Jalil Lespert, Chantal Barre, Jean-Claude Vallod, Lucien Longueville, Michel Begnez, Véronique de Pandelaer, Danielle Melador, Pascal Semar.
Official Selection San Sebastian International Film Festival (Winner Best New Director). Winner 2 César Award (Best Promising Actor for Jalil Lespert, Best First Film).
In French with English subtitles.
A Shooting Gallery release. |
Frank, a business school student in Paris, takes an internship at the factory where his father has worked for 30 years, only to find that the ensuing lay-offs and general downsizing — which cost his father his job — are deeply troubling. Father and son go head to head in Laurent Cantet’s stirring story of business, family, and individual opinion.