The Ax (2005)

Original title

Le Couperet

Directed by

Costa-Gavras

Genre

comedy drama, thriller film

Country

France, Spain, Belgium

Runtime

2h 02m

Rated

16

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 227 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A middle-aged paper company manager loses his job and spirals into despair. To land a new position, he begins murdering his competitors.

suspensefuldarkly comicbleaktensedesperatethought-provokingcynical

What happens

The Axe (US title: The Ax) (French: Le couperet) is a 2005 black comedy-drama thriller film directed by Costa-Gavras and starring José Garcia, Karin Viard and Olivier Gourmet. The film is an adaptation of the 1997 novel The Ax by Donald E. Westlake, and follows the attempts by laid-off employee Bruno Davert to get back on his feet. He eventually becomes so desperate that he is prepared to kill his job competitors. The film is a co-production between France, Belgium and Spain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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