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The Ax (2005)

Original title: le couperet
Production: Belgium, France, Spain, USA|117 min
Comedy, Dramatic, Thriller
Poster of movie The Ax
a chemist (garcia) loses his job to outsourcing. two years later and still jobless, he hits on a solution: to genuinely eliminate his competition.

Festivals and awards

César 2006 - nomination Meilleur scénario adaptation
Assigned to: Jean-claude Grumberg, Costa-gavras
César 2006 - nomination Meilleur acteur
Assigned to: José Garcia

Origin of the subject

dal libro: the ax (1997, Donald E. Westlake)

Direction

Costa-gavrasCosta-gavras: regista

Production and Screenplay

ManJean-Pierre Dardenne: produttore
Luc DardenneLuc Dardenne: produttore
Arlette Zylberberg: produttore
Costa-gavrasCosta-gavras: sceneggiatore
Jean-claude Grumberg: sceneggiatore
Genevieve Lemal: produttore
Olivier Bronckart: produttore
José María Morales: produttore
Alexandre Lippens: produttore
Michèle Ray-Gavras: produttore

Interpreters and Characters

John LandisJohn Landis(età:55)
Olivier GourmetOlivier Gourmet(età:42)
Karin ViardKarin Viard(età:39)
Ulrich TukurUlrich Tukur(età:48)
Yolande Moreau(età:52)
José Garcia(età:39)
Marie Kremer(età:23)
Yvon Back
Jean-Pierre Gos
Catherine Salée
Jean-claude Grumberg(età:66)
Christophe Brault
Christa TheretChrista Theret(età:14)
Serge LarivièreSerge Larivière(età:48)
Vanessa Larré
Geordy Monfils(età:16)
Thierry Hancisse(età:43)
Corentin Lobet
Jean-michel Balthazar
Luce Mouchel
Alain Guillo
Renaud RuttenRenaud Rutten(età:42)
Nabil Ben Yadir
Romain Gavras(età:24)
Olga Grumberg
Laurent Dies
Julie Maes
Airy Routier
Marie-Pierre Chaix
Julie Gavras
Hervé Pauchon
Marc Legein
Dieudonné Kabongo
Robert Borremans(età:63)
Marie-rose Roland
Philippe Bardy

Technical staff

Patrick Blossier: direttore della fotografia
Yannick Kergoat: montatore
Armand Amar: musiche
Thi-loan Nguyen: truccatore
Laurent Deroo: scenografo
Gerda Diddens: casting
Kris Portier de Bellair: casting
Laurence Maréchal: costumista