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Curriculum (2007)

Curriculum poster
Directed by
Alexandre Moix
Genre
comedy film
Country
France
Runtime
20 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A long-term unemployed man in his 40s lives in a shabby suburban house with his bored wife and rebellious teenage daughter. He wins a chance to be on a TV game show where two unemployed people compete live for a temporary job, hosted by a sadistic presenter.

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What happens

Curriculum est un court métrage français réalisé par Alexandre Moix en 2007. Bernard, 45 ans, chômeur de longue durée, vit dans un pavillon minable d’une banlieue quelconque avec une femme qui s’ennuie et une fille adolescente rebelle. Il gratte un ticket de et gagne le droit de participer à un jeu télévisé, animé par le sadique Guy Michel, où deux chômeurs s’affrontent en direct pour gagner un job sordide à durée déterminée. C’est sa dernière chance de sauver son mariage et sa vie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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