The discontents of the workplace have increasingly become a key theme of French cinema of the last few years, notably in Laurent Cantet's films and in Philippe Harel's 1999 adaptation of Michel Houellebecq's ‘Whatever'. In Fabienne Godet's hard-edged feature, workplace blues meet film noir, in a story of one man who, as the saying goes, could take it no more. François (Gourmet) is a white-collar worker keeping his head above water in a business run by an autocratic, blithely exploitative boss. When a young colleague is pushed over the edge, a furious François tries to protest - and ends up on the run, his only hope a journalist (Depardieu) doing her best to make the true facts known. This is a study of every social oppression and the stresses of corporate culture, as well as an extremely compelling realist thriller. It's also an opportunity to see the almost ubiquitous Olivier Gourmet, at the top of his game.

It has been awarded for Best Director and Best Actress at the Shanghai International Film Festival.

近年，愈來愈多的法國電影以描寫打工仔在職場中遇到的種種不滿作為主題。導演法比安娜．高達在這部尖銳的黑色電影中講述一名男子已到了忍無可忍的地步。白領工人方士華（高美飾）在一家商業機構工作的收入僅足餬口，他的老板專橫霸道，而且專門剝削員工。有一日，方士華看見一名年輕的同事被迫瘋了，憤怒之下他提出抗議，怎知最後反而變成自己被通緝，而他唯一的希望就是一名女記者（狄帕度飾）能盡力將事實向公眾揭露。

這部電影探討了各種社會和企業文化所引起的抑鬱和壓力，劇情寫實，扣人心弦。男主角奧利維耶．高美的演出更是登峰造極。
本片在上海國際電影節中奪得最佳導演及最佳女主角獎。

2006 / Color 彩色 / 90mins

Drama 劇情片
English subtitles 英文字幕

Director 導演： Fabienne Godet 法比安娜‧高達

Cast 演員 ： Olivier Gourmet, Dominique Blanc, Marion Cotillard, Julie Depardieu
奧利維耶‧高美、
多明妮嘉‧白朗、
馬希容‧葛蒂勒、
茱莉‧狄帕度