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Die Axt

Originaltitel: Le couperet
  • 2005
  • 16
  • 1 Std. 57 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
7,3/10
8705
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José Garcia in Die Axt (2005)
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Ein Chemiker (Garcia) verliert seinen Job durch Outsourcing. Zwei Jahre später und immer noch arbeitslos, findet er eine Lösung: Er will seine Konkurrenz wirklich ausschalten.Ein Chemiker (Garcia) verliert seinen Job durch Outsourcing. Zwei Jahre später und immer noch arbeitslos, findet er eine Lösung: Er will seine Konkurrenz wirklich ausschalten.Ein Chemiker (Garcia) verliert seinen Job durch Outsourcing. Zwei Jahre später und immer noch arbeitslos, findet er eine Lösung: Er will seine Konkurrenz wirklich ausschalten.

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    • Costa-Gavras
  • Drehbuch
    • Donald E. Westlake
    • Costa-Gavras
    • Jean-Claude Grumberg
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • José Garcia
    • Karin Viard
    • Geordy Couturiau
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  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    7,3/10
    8705
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    • Regie
      • Costa-Gavras
    • Drehbuch
      • Donald E. Westlake
      • Costa-Gavras
      • Jean-Claude Grumberg
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • José Garcia
      • Karin Viard
      • Geordy Couturiau
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    José Garcia
    José Garcia
    • Bruno Davert
    Karin Viard
    Karin Viard
    • Marlène Davert
    Geordy Couturiau
    • Maxime Davert
    • (as Geordy Monfils)
    Ulrich Tukur
    Ulrich Tukur
    • Gérard Hutchinson
    Christa Théret
    Christa Théret
    • Betty Davert
    Olivier Gourmet
    Olivier Gourmet
    • Raymond Machefer
    Yvon Back
    • Etienne Barnet
    Thierry Hancisse
    Thierry Hancisse
    • Inspecteur Kesler
    Olga Grumberg
    • Iris Thompson
    Yolande Moreau
    Yolande Moreau
    • Préposée poste
    Dieudonné Kabongo
    • Quinlan Longus
    • (as Dieudonné Kabongo Bashila)
    Jean-Pierre Gos
    Jean-Pierre Gos
    • Garagiste
    Vanessa Larré
    • Prédatrice
    Serge Larivière
    Serge Larivière
    • Inspecteur Police
    Jeanne Savary
    • La présentatrice TV
    Luce Mouchel
    • Mme Rick
    Philippe Bardy
    • Edouard Rick
    Marie Kremer
    Marie Kremer
    • Judy Rick
    • Regie
      • Costa-Gavras
    • Drehbuch
      • Donald E. Westlake
      • Costa-Gavras
      • Jean-Claude Grumberg
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    8alserrano

    Extremely funny

    Maybe the best 'noir' movie I've seen in the last years, and definitively the best Donald Westlake adaptation so far, "Arcadia" is the story of a man obsessed with a job, who thinks that the only way to get it is killing every candidate who can be better than him, and must cope with his many mistakes and family problems. It sounds like a tragedy, or a drama, but it is the best piece of black (or not so black) humor combined with noir I remember, which is surprising: I didn't know that Costa-Gavras had so much sense of humor. There are many symbols, allegories, but above it all, it mentions every controversial and denounce topic in existence for just one, two or three minutes, just to mention it. The result is, incredibly and amazingly, funny, intellectually engaging, extremely suspenseful (the results of every situation and, at last, the end of the movie are unpredictable) and a master class of narrative progression, at least until the last 20 minutes, where the movie drags. But until then it is a flawless masterpiece, and it deserves to be watched over and over again. José García is another surprise, a very good comedian.
    andrabem

    Family, Work and Society

    Costa Gavras is a master of the political film. Political films in general are not my cup of tea. They try to convey some kind of message to the public, and they do it by portraying the persons in a stylized way, losing in depth in the process. People are portrayed realistically but their conflicts are simplified because the political film intends to portray society and its problems - unemployment, hunger, class exploitation and so on - in other words, they talk about the big (lack of bread, for instance) and forget the small (emotions like loneliness and sadness, for instance).

    Many political films concerned about their objectivity are quite emotionless, or else their emotions are one-sided - bad and ugly live here, beauty and love live there, or the other way around.

    FEW POLITICAL FILMS are able to bridge this gap: to talk about society and at the same time not forget the individual man and his/her very complex universe and contradictions. SOME OF THESE FILMS ARE the masterpieces of neorealism: "Ladri di Bicicletta" and "Umberto D" by Vittorio de Sica, "Los Olvidados" by Buñuel and many others.

    Costa Gavras doesn't reach this goal. His films are efficient and convey their message to the public, but they lack warmth.

    "Le Couperet" is nonetheless an interesting film - a man that works as a chemist loses his job and after 2 years of unemployment decides to kill whoever stands in his way to get another job - so he places an ad of an imaginary enterprise in the newspaper offering a chemist job (his professional area) and rents a post box to read the answers he gets. He reads all the résumés and proceeds to kill all the people that are equal or more qualified than him - so that in the end he'll get the job because he will be the only remaining choice. All the while he will go on living normally with his family. He will suffer emotional crises, his marriage will become strained but no one will suspect anything at all of his alternative activities.

    The film, after all, is very entertaining and gives a sad picture of France (and Western Europe I would say), suffering economic crisis and rising doubts. Is it possible with the globalization to maintain a very expensive Social Welfare and have to face a growing economic erosion? In USA (as far as I know), for instance, some unemployed people live on the streets or under the bridges. In France and Western Europe, unemployed people are still taken care of. Till when? Many enterprises are closing or cutting expenses (that means firing people).

    Costas Gavras films are good because they make questions about the world in which we live, they make us think, but his films don't really touch me - I would say they provide food for thought but not food for the heart.
    9johnmbale

    A comedy with a sharp dark edge

    Many years ago there was a film starring Alec Guinness called "Kind Hearts and Coronets", which took the case that a member of a wealthy family murders off his relatives to inherit the estate. "Le Couperet" offers a similar plot, although this time a disgruntled unemployed engineer becomes an inept assassin to remove his competitors for a top job with often-hilarious consequences.

    In this very dark comedy Jose Garcia does well as the bumbling killer, at times reminiscent of a young Jack Lemmon, and there are many surprises along the way. The film does highlight more sincerely than you may expect the plight of middle-aged professionals that are retrenched, and find it difficult to obtain positions in the current climate. Many watching the movie might well relate to its characters and their plight.

    Excellent sequences include the job interview, which has more than a ring of truth, the discussions about unemployment and its social consequences by the discouraged out-of-work executives, and the scenes with the marriage counselor. Despite its black humour, there is a very human side to this film. Costa-Gavras is an exceptional filmmaker, with experience that shows in the smooth integration of the hilarious with an undertow of real pathos. The story ends on a suitably enigmatic note.
    luc-villevieille

    THE movie to summarize this years

    Bruno DAVERT (Jose Garcia) is locked-out for economic reasons. To find a new job, his method is simple : kill the other candidates. His behaviour changes, and his wife Marlène(Karin Viard) feels Bruno moving away from the family, from herself and from the true life.

    Costa-Gavras shows as the unemployment can make a man crazy.

    A perfect look on the stupidity of our society when a man is only the money he can earn. Costa-Gavras show us the vacuum we are running to, destroying everything to obtain what ?

    Probably the best political movie of the ten last years. Garcia is excellent, probably because he does not know he his good. K. Viard change her usual energy in distress, her performance is excellent. Everybody is good.

    Run to this movie. It shows you your future
    10kouneva

    A Brilliant Satire of the Corporate Greed

    Loved it! Loved it! A terrific satire of the modern corporate downsizing which destroys a man's pride and then everything else. Better yet, this social satire is packaged as an absurd black comedy - serial killer story. A picture of the world we're living in. Don't take the killings too seriously. Obviously, they are a metaphor for the desperation of the man. It's a little bit like "Shock to the System" but I liked this one better. Whether you laugh at this movie today or not, tomorrow this will be the reality for most all of us when only endless service jobs will have remained. Or, flipping burgers. I highly recommend this socially conscious movie, as I applaud its director for the courage to make it. Bravo!

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      Ads on billboards in the background were created by famous Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani, a friend of the director.
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      At the beginning, when Davert (Garcia) gets out of the shower and then immediately returns to the bathroom to vomit, you can see in the mirror that he is wearing an underwear.
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      Gérard Hutchinson: [When the interviewer abruptly ends the interview] I said to myself, lucky I didn't have the gun on me.

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 2. März 2005 (Frankreich)
    • Herkunftsländer
      • Belgien
      • Frankreich
      • Spanien
    • Sprachen
      • Französisch
      • Niederländisch
    • Auch bekannt als
      • Jobkiller - Eine mörderische Karriere
    • Drehorte
      • Boulevard Piercot, Liège, Liège Province, Belgien
    • Produktionsfirmen
      • K.G. Productions
      • StudioCanal
      • France 2 Cinéma
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