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Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother. We follow middleaged thierry vincent lindon as he struggles with the. At the age of 51 and after 20 months on unemployment, thierry starts a new job that soon brings him face to face with a moral dilemma. A very fine movie about life in the modern global economy. Its one of those important films, a film that ive kept using in daily conversations since ive seen it because it illustrates so many of the problems we. All the news about the new movies, the schedules, the trailers, the latest news, and so much more.
Nothing if not determinist, stephane brize film dispassionately monitors the progress of its stoic protagonist until at last he lands a job on the. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Teaming up once again for a film that leaves many things unsaid while saying a whole lot, director. The measure of a man 2015 changes the movie database. Love, lies, manipulation, cheating, trust, and heartbreak. Aug 15, 2016 vincent lindon gives his finest performance to date as unemployed everyman thierry, who must submit to a series of quietly humiliating ordeals in his search for work. The life of tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods. This forced cohabitation causes all the violence of their.
Where dave johns was ingenuous in loachs film, vincent lindon is here. First the hero is cheated by a socalled training business center when. Best actor for vincent lindon at the 68th cannes film festival. It was selected to compete for the palme dor at the 2015 cannes film festival. Vincent lindon gives his finest performance to date as unemployed everyman thierry, who must submit to a series of. Nothing if not determinist, stephane brize film dispassionately monitors the progress of its stoic protagonist until at. Dependent of medical staff and painkillers, she takes the time to remember the tumultuous love story she lived with georgio. It was selected to compete for the palme dor at the. Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious skiing accident. At the age of 51, thierry starts a new job that soon brings him face to face with a moral dilemma. An unemployed factory worker is trying to make ends meet in workingclass france.