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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