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The Ax (2005)

Original title: le couperet
Production: Belgium, France, Spain, USA|117 min
Dramatic, Comedy, 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

Characters and Interpreters

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John LandisJohn Landis(età:55)
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Olivier GourmetOlivier Gourmet(età:42)
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Karin ViardKarin Viard(età:39)
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Ulrich TukurUlrich Tukur(età:48)
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Yolande Moreau(età:52)
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José Garcia(età:39)
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Marie Kremer(età:23)
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Christa TheretChrista Theret(età:14)
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Serge LarivièreSerge Larivière(età:48)
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Geordy Monfils(età:16)
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Thierry Hancisse(età:43)
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Renaud RuttenRenaud Rutten(età:42)
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Romain Gavras(età:24)
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Robert Borremans(età:63)

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