The Ax

The Ax

  • Director: Costa-Gavras
  • Writer: Donald E. Westlake,Costa-Gavras,Jean-Claude Grumbe
  • Countries of origin: Belgium, France, Spain
  • Language: French, Dutch
  • Release date: March 2, 2005
  • Sound mix: DTS, Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: The Axe
  • "Le couperet" is a feature film by Costa Gavras, starring Jose Garcia, Jialian Vía, and Jialian Vía. It was released on March 2, 2005.
    The film tells about Bruno's dismissal, the unsuccessful job search, killing people who can compete with him, and successfully becoming the technical director of a large multinational paper company. 

    Details

    • Release date March 2, 2005
    • Filming locations Boulevard Piercot, Liège, Liège Province, Belgium
    • Production companies K.G. Productions, StudioCanal, France 2 Cinéma

    Box office

    Gross worldwide

    $4,885,946

    Movie reviews

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    • By Bell 2022-02-26 08:01:03

      Globalization, alienation, etc.

      At the beginning of the movie 5 minutes, I was planning to leave. The standard release was too damn cold, and the school temporarily released pigeons to change "Bourgeois Prudent Charm" to "Workplace Killer" (this name sounds more or less so People think of films like "The Devil Wearing Prada"). Considering that the admission ticket costs 10 yuan, I plan to sit down again. Then I found out that this film is not as bad as it first thought at first glance.

      Our protagonist is in a...

    • By Eduardo 2022-02-26 08:01:03

      A different France

      I don't want to talk about the storyline anymore, because it's not the strong point of this movie. What impressed me was that the film reflected a France that we, especially French art film audiences, were not familiar with.

      This country:

      also has its suburbia, or urban sprawl (Suburbia, or urban sprawl), instead of the historical and artistic precipitation of Paris that we are familiar with from Rohmer or Truffaut;

      also has the mechanization of lifestyles and...

    • By Daron 2022-02-26 08:01:03

      I think about killing people every day

      Le Couperet (Workplace Killer, Life and Death Workplace)
      Director: Costa-Gavras
      Starring: John Landis Yvon Back Olivier Gourmet


      Length: 117mins I

       


       


      haven't seen this kind of tense movie from beginning to end for a long time.

      Remember what Stephen Chow said in "Kung Fu"?

      "I think

       


      about killing people every day." Have you thought about killing people?...

    • By Rylee 2022-02-26 08:01:03

      How to do it

      I wrote some and was censored, but I didn’t finish it anyway, so let’s continue.

      He killed six.

      The first one, very in a hurry, can be regarded as a hands-on practice. The only thing similar to him is to pay attention to the entry information sent by the postman. Be a passive type, kill it.

      The second one is wrong, that person is changing the guard, and the husband and wife died unexpectedly.

    • By Bernita 2022-02-26 08:01:03

      What to do in the face of unemployment?

      The protagonist, Mr. Davier, is a middle-level member of a paper company. He has been unemployed for three years, and his wife is also unemployed. Two children, a house. Currently relying on his wife to support the family by doing odd jobs seven days a week.

      It is obvious that he is very anxious. This is somewhat in line with my current status, the epidemic situation, and the relationship with the industry.

      Mr. Daville has...

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    • By Elinore 2023-09-30 10:39:47

      France has always had a darker...

    • By Salma 2023-08-22 20:12:31

      I don't know why the director made the protagonist succeed, but the process is very smooth. Life is like being in the workplace anytime, anywhere. The way to survive being KO'd may be to "kill" others and have good...

    • By Felix 2023-08-07 04:00:36

      I also mistakenly thought "The Bourgeoisie...", but fortunately I can see...

    • By Darius 2023-08-03 20:22:11

      A masterpiece of black humor, full of...

    • By Wendell 2023-07-16 06:20:41

      Watching a movie for the first...

    Movie plot

    The story describes Bruno, a senior employee who worked hard in a paper mill, was praised unanimously by employers and shareholders, and lived all the lives that the middle class should live. One day 15 years later, he was fired because of the factory's relocation. Bruno, in his 40s, considers himself skilled and is not too old, so he is not afraid of not being able to find a satisfactory job. However, in the past three years, there...
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    Movie quotes

    • Gérard Hutchinson: Vous savez, au bout de cinq ans de chômage on est devenu... non, comment on dit en français?

      Bruno Davert: Has-been.

      Gérard Hutchinson: Ah oui, voilà, has-been.

    • Gérard Hutchinson: [When the interviewer abruptly ends the interview] I said to myself, lucky I didn't have the gun on me.

    • Marlène Davert: Well?

      Bruno Davert: It went well.

      Marlène Davert: Where was it?

      Bruno Davert: In Belgium.

      Marlène Davert: We have to move to Belgium?

      Bruno Davert: Worse things could happen...