The Measure of a Man / La Loi du Marché

26/9/2015, 22:00, Ιντεάλ

A staggering and eerily relevant suspense thriller about the consequences of the free market. Vincent Lindon delivers the best male performance of the year - a triumphant win at the Cannes Film Festival - as an unemployed factory worker, desperately trying to regain his dignity and make ends meet.

Thierry, an unemployed manual labourer, is desperately trying to find a way to support himself and his family against the merciless laws of the free market. He takes part in seminars, he applies for jobs but he keeps coming up against the same merciless system that measures people by its own standards. An eerily relevant suspense thriller about the consequences of the free market. Veteran French actor Vincent Lindon delivers the best male performance of the year, winning the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival.

La Loi du Marché / Ο Νόμος της Αγοράς - trailer from NyxtesPremieras

Σκηνοθεσία / Director
Stéphane Brizé
Σενάριο / Screenwriter
Stéphane Brizé, Olivier Gorce
Φωτογραφία / DoP
Eric Dumont
Μοντάζ / Editor
Anne Klotz
Ηθοποιοί / Principal Cast
Vincent Lindon, Yves Ory
Karine de Mirbeck, Matthieu Schaller
Xavier Mathieu, Paul Portoleau

Γαλλία / France
2015
Εγχρωμο / Color
DCP
93'
Γαλλικά / French

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