HUMAN RESOURCES
Laurent Cantet
TITLE
HUMAN RESOURCES
DIRECTOR
Laurent Cantet
PRODUCER
Haut & Court
STATUS
Completed
NATIONALITY
Belgium, France, UK
YEAR
1999
LANGUAGE
French
LENGTH
100'
ORIGINAL TITLE
Ressources humaines
GENRE
Drama
CAST
Jalil Lespert, Chantal Barre, Jean-Claude Vallod
TITLE
HUMAN RESOURCES
DIRECTOR
Laurent Cantet
PRODUCER
Haut & Court
STATUS
Completed
NATIONALITY
Belgium, France, UK
YEAR
1999
ORIGINAL TITLE
Ressources humaines
LANGUAGE
French
LENGTH
100'
CAST
Jalil Lespert, Chantal Barre, Jean-Claude Vallod
GENRE
Drama
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SYNOPSIS
The 35-hour work week has all of France in its thrall. This film turns it into a feature about economic and familial politics. Frank, a business school graduate, returns to his provincial hometown to take a management position in the factory where his father has been working for 30 years. First Frank makes the mistake of actually asking the workers on the assembly line for their opinions. Then upper management manipulates his findings to lay off employees. This creates a huge rift, not only between labor and management, but between father and son. A human morality tale that evokes paternal and filial love, and illustrates the personal risk behind political ideas.
FESTIVALS
Amiens International Film Festival
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
César Awards, France
Emden International Film Festival
Entrevues Film Festival
European Film Awards
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics
Political Film Society, USA
Prix Louis Delluc
Lumiere Awards, France
Thessaloniki Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
San Sebastian International Film Festival
Torino Film Festival
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