Paul, a former insurer, is struggling to make ends meet. He agrees to meet Sarrebry, a loan shark introduced to him by his friend Daubelle. Paul mortally knocks out the disgusting crook and steals a large sum of money from him.
Acting
Élie Semoun's rare dramatic turn—comic persona weaponized into anxiety.
Direction
Philippe Collin's claustrophobic framing traps you in Paul's collapsing world.
Director
Philippe Collin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Élie Semoun was primarily known as a French TV comedian; this role was a deliberate career pivot that critics mostly ignored.
Released in 2005, the film channels post-industrial French anxiety about downward mobility—a theme that would explode with the 2008 crisis.
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