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Olivier Gourmet, one man show; great acting. Shows strong character trying to cope With tough choices to make. Depicted as stone cold character with his daughter as soft spot where he bonds with youngest Daughter.

Its a french film about a man that came from nothing, struggled his way to the upper level by hard and long workdays to maintain a large family wealthy lifestyle, till the day he makes the wrong descision, which make the descend into the abysmal nightmare of unemployment become a reality. its a film about shipping, globalization, family values, pride and prejudice.

its not a fun flick, what kept me in was to see how much this caracter could withstand. the main male actor, that has the same grumpy appearance as i have, does a marvellous act, so if you debate watching this movie, i can recommend on the basis of good caracter acting. the grumpy old man really felt sorry for the guy.

The movie is centred around a masterful acting performance of the protagonist, Franck (Olivier Gourmet); Frank is a tough, very introverted man; Olivier Gourmet, without using many words all along the movie, is able to deliver very effectively the personality, sentiment and emotions of the character. The story is quite compelling and it builds a narrative tension which engages the viewer until the last third; at that point story departs for a turn of events which lack plausibility and which bring to a rather anti-climatic end.

Olivier Gourmet is of course excellent, terrific in this role of a big executive in a huge transportation company, container transportation. The story is described from his own point of view, showing his family life, and all his business problems. It is tense, accurate, powerful in the purpose. It sounds so real, as in many French movies speaking of this kind of scheme. Olivier Gourmet's character doesn't bring any empathy to the audiences, but he stills sounds so close to what people are in true life. It is sometimes rough but riveting. The authentic portrait of a life for thousands of men and women.