Human Resources

Human Resources

1999 · 100 min · FR · 6.8 (57 votes)
Dir. Laurent Cantet · Starring Jalil Lespert, Jean-Claude Vallod, Didier Emile-Woldemard, Chantal Barré, Véronique de Pandelaère, Michel Begnez
Drama

Set in Limoges, the movie tells the story of "good son" Franck (Jalil Lespert), who returns to his hometown to do a trainee managerial internship in the Human Resources department of the factory where his anxious, taciturn father has worked for 23 years.

VIBE

A stark, grounded look at the soul-crushing reality of factory life and the suffocating weight of inherited expectations. It feels like a cold, industrial wind blowing through a quiet French town, leaving a sense of quiet desperation.

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