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The axe (Le couperet) - José Garcia, Karin Viard, Geordy Monfils, Christa Theret, Costa-Gavras

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Movie propaganda

Chemist Bruno Davert (José Garcia) loses his job to outsourcing. Two years later and still jobless, he hits on a solution: to genuinely eliminate his competition.

Theatrical propaganda posters

Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film France unemployment drama outsourcing French revenge crime gun retrench

Persons of interest

José Garcia .... Bruno Davert
Karin Viard .... Marlène Davert
Geordy Monfils .... Maxime Davert
Christa Theret .... Betty Davert
Ulrich Tukur .... Gerard Hutchinson
Olivier Gourmet .... Raymond Mâchefer
Yvon Back .... Etienne Barnet
Thierry Hancisse .... Inspector Kesler
Olga Grumberg .... Iris Thompson
Dieudonné Kabongo .... Quinlan Longus
Donald E Westlake .... Author: The axe
Jean-Claude Grumberg .... Screenwriter
Costa-Gavras .... Screenwriter
Costa-Gavras .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

The axe (Le couperet) official movie site
The axe (Le couperet) film production notes
The axe (Le couperet) QuickTime movie trailers:

Teaser 1: Small * Medium * Large
Teaser 2: Small * Medium * Large
Theatrical: Small * Medium * Large

Awards and film festivals:

Perth International Arts Festival 2006:

NB: French language dialogue with English language subtitles
Studios and distributors:

Potential Films * The AV Channel

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Media intelligence (DVD)

Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Languages: English
Picture: Widescreen
Special features:

Documentaries: Making-of
Interviews:

Costa-Gavras
José Garcia

Trailers: Theatrical

Subtitles: English

Security censorship classification

M (Moderate violence, moderate coarse language, moderate sex scenes)

Surveillance time

122 minutes (2:02 hours)

Not for public release in Australia before date

Film: 16 January 2006 - Perth International Arts Festival
Film: 1 June 2006
DVD rental: 24 January 2007
DVD retail: 2 May 2007