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Dominican Rep. Human Resources
- Original title
- Ressources humaines
- Year
- 1999
- Running time
- 100 min.
- Country
France- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Jalil Lespert- Jean-Claude Vallod
- Chantal Barré
- Véronique de Pandelaère
- Michel Begnez
- Lucien Longueville
- Françoise Boutigny
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- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production France-United Kingdom;
- Genre
- Drama | Job/Employment
- Synopsis
- The 35-hour work week has all of France in its thrall. This film turns it into a feature about economic and familial politics. Frank, a business school graduate, returns to his provincial hometown to take a management position in the factory where his father has been working for 30 years. First Frank makes the mistake of actually asking the workers on the assembly line for their opinions. Then upper management manipulates his findings to lay off employees. This creates a huge rift, not only between labor and management, but between father and son. A human morality tale that evokes paternal and filial love, and illustrates the personal risk behind political ideas.
- Awards
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2000: 2 Cesar Awards: Best First Film, Most Promising Actor (Lespert). 3 Nom.2000: European Film Awards: Discovery Award2000: BAFICI: Best Film, Audience Award
- Critics' reviews
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"Terrific French film about that most universal of subjects - work."
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"Restrained, tough, and subtle enough to be as engrossing on the second viewing as it was on the first."
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"A compelling, cant free drama about clashing class systems and challenged family relationships that's all the more engrossing for its organic, near documentary style."
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"This sharp, convincing, and utterly contemporary political film calls to mind some of Ken Loach's work, full of passion as well as precision."
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"A cogent human drama."
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"Concerned with fathers and sons, expectations and dreams, ideals and reality, this completely engrossing film gets more involving as it goes on."
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"What makes this straightforward film so incredibly moving is that it keeps its scathing political commentary firmly rooted in everyday struggle."
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