"Good son" Franck returns to his hometown to do a trainee managerial internship in the Human Resources department of the factory where his anxious, taciturn father has worked for 23 years.
Acting
Jalil Lespert's face as he realizes what he's become.
Direction
Cantet shoots the factory like a prison documentary.
Writing
Every corporate euphemism lands like a gut punch.
Director
Laurent Cantet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cantet cast actual factory workers alongside professionals; the tense lunch scenes were partly improvised from real grievances.
Released as France embraced 35-hour workweek reforms, the film captures the moment when 'human resources' became an Orwellian punchline.
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