A factory manager gambles with everyone's futures—including his own.
The Leroy factory manager, Sorel, is a gambler with debts, playing double-game. He enjoys the advantages of his social situation and the confidence shown him by his boss, Leroy.
Acting
Dominique Wilms simmers with dangerous restraint.
Direction
Bibal's claustrophobic framing traps you with Sorel.
Director
Robert Bibal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Robert Bibal only directed three features before disappearing from cinema; this was his penultimate work.
Made during France's post-war economic boom, the film quietly interrogates the moral cost of new industrial wealth.
FR
