1h 58m2005

The Ax

Le Couperet

“Some people would die to get (him) this job.”

ComedyCrimeDramaThriller

6.9/10

TMDB rating · 231 votes

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Bruno loved his job as a middle manager at a paper company, but optimistically views being laid off as an opportunity. After two years of searching for a comparable position, optimism turns to desperation. His wife works two jobs, and their marriage slowly deteriorates as their hold on the middle class slips away. Bruno concocts a grimly audacious plan to identify and kill his fellow job applicants so that he is the only qualified person left.

Director: Costa-Gavras
Writers: Donald E. Westlake, Costa-Gavras, Jean-Claude Grumberg
Language: French
Country: Belgium, Spain, France
Release date: 2 March 2005
Budget: $5,400,000
Box office: $4,900,000