
No Other Choice(2025)
After being laid off and humiliated by a ruthless job market, a veteran paper mill manager descends into violence in a desperate bid to reclaim his dignity.


“Some people would die to get (him) this job.”
Bruno loved his job as a middle manager at a paper company, but optimistically views being laid off as an opportunity. After two years of searching for a comparable position, optimism turns to desperation. His wife works two jobs, and their marriage slowly deteriorates as their hold on the middle class slips away. Bruno concocts a grimly audacious plan to identify and kill his fellow job applicants so that he is the only qualified person left.

José Garcia
Bruno Davert

Karin Viard
Marlène Davert
Geordy Monfils
Maxime Davert

Christa Théret
Betty Davert

Ulrich Tukur
Hutchinson

Olivier Gourmet
Machefer

Yvon Back
Etienne Barnet

Thierry Hancisse
Inspector Kesler
Olga Grumberg
Iris Thompson

Yolande Moreau
Post Office Clerk
The Ax is a comedy, crime, drama, thriller film released in 2005 exploring themes of based on novel or book, capitalism, economy, unemployment, corporation, paper industry. Directed by Costa-Gavras, it stars José Garcia, Karin Viard, Geordy Monfils. Bruno loved his job as a middle manager at a paper company, but optimistically views being laid off as an opportunity. After two years of searching for a comparable position, optimism turns to desperation. His wife works two jobs, and their marriage slowly deteriorates as their hold on the middle class slips away. Bruno concocts a grimly audacious plan to identify and kill his fellow job applicants so that he is the only qualified person left.
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