An unemployed man finds his life sinking more and more into trouble as he hides his situation from his family and friends.
Acting
Recoing's hollow-eyed desperation — you can smell the lies.
Direction
Cantet lets scenes breathe until you want to scream.
Writing
The mundane details of fraud feel more criminal than any heist.
Director
Laurent Cantet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Inspired by a real case of a Frenchman who killed his family after faking employment; Cantet deliberately avoids the violence to examine the suffocating pretense preceding it.
The film pioneered 'slow cinema' workplace anxiety years before 'Uncut Gems' made it trendy — Vincent's endless car drives are practically a character.
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