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The Ax

2005 • 1h58m Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Rating

6.9/10

Popularity

1

Bruno loved his job as a middle manager at a paper company, but optimistically views being laid off as an opportunity. After two years of searching for a comparable position, optimism turns to desperation. His wife works two jobs, and their marriage slowly deteriorates as their hold on the middle class slips away. Bruno concocts a grimly audacious plan to identify and kill his fellow job applicants so that he is the only qualified person left.

Details

Director

Costa-Gavras

Screenplay

Costa-Gavras

Jean-Claude Grumberg

Cast

José Garcia

Karin Viard

Geordy Monfils

Release date

3/2/2005

Status

Released

Budget

$5,400,000

Revenue

$4,900,000

Origin country

FR

Vote count

216