The Ax
Le Couperet
Comedy
Crime
Drama
Thriller
Some people would die to get (him) this job.
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.
2005-03-02
fr
Cast
Director
Costa-Gavras
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
Vanessa Larré as Predator
Serge Larivière as Police Inspector
Jeanne Savary as TV Host
Luce Mouchel as Mrs. Rick
Philippe Bardy as Mr. Rick
Marie Kremer as Judy Rick
Renaud Rutten as Motorcycle Gendarmerie
Jean-Michel Balthazar as Arcadia Bartender
Luc Bromagne as PDG
Alain Guillo as Jack
Corentin Lobet as Young Driver
Hervé Pauchon as Dentist
Jean-Claude Grumberg as 1st Witness
John Landis as Maxime's Friend's Father
Julie Gavras as Young Woman at the Cabin
Catherine Salée as Lydia
Romain Gavras as Civil Inspector
Airy Routier as Young Male Interviewer
Julie Maes as Mrs. Kranz (uncredited)