How to Get Ahead in Advertising

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

1989 · 95 min · EN · R · 6.3 (84 votes)
Dir. Bruce Robinson · Starring Richard E. Grant, Rachel Ward, Richard Wilson, Jacqueline Tong, Susan Wooldridge, John Shrapnel · Music David Dundas

The career where two heads are better than one.

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Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.

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A surreal, anxiety-fueled descent into the absurdity of corporate life. This film feels like a fever dream, blending biting satire with unsettling body horror for a uniquely uncomfortable yet darkly hilarious experience.

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