The Ax (2005)
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.
- Released
- 2005-03-02
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Costa-Gavras, Costa-Gavras, Jean-Claude Grumberg
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 from 240 votes
Cast
- José Garcia as Bruno Davert
- Karin Viard as Marlène Davert
- Ulrich Tukur as Gérard Hutchinson
- Olivier Gourmet as Raymond Machefer
- Yvon Back as Etienne Barnet
- Thierry Hancisse as Inspector Kesler
- Olga Grumberg as Iris Thompson
- Geordy Couturiau as Maxime Davert
- Christa Théret as Betty Davert
- Yolande Moreau as Post Office Clerk
- Dieudonné Kabongo as Quinlan Longus
- Jean-Pierre Gos as Garage Owner