Do you want to see ‘Le Couperet’?

Add to Netflix

Le Couperet (2005)

tomatometer

All Critics
Top Critics

Average Rating: 7.2/10
Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 1

No consensus yet.

No Reviews Yet...

Release Date: Mar 2, 2005 Wide

audience

liked it
Average Rating: 3.8/5
User Ratings: 3,112

My Rating

Added to your Facebook Timeline. — undo

Movie Info

Bruno Davert, an engineer worker in the papermaking industry, is a victim of the relocation of his company. He has been on the dole for almost two years, alternating between moments of self-awareness and depression, and confronting the humiliation of job interviews. One day he has a somewhat drastic idea: to treat the labor market like any other market, in other words to do everything possible to eliminate all competition. He obtains the names of the unemployed engineers living in his region

Unrated, 2 hr. 2 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Directed By: Costa-Gavras , Costa Gavras

Written By: Costa-Gavras, Donald E. Westlake, Costa Gavras, Jean Claude-Grumberg

In Theaters: Mar 2, 2005 Wide

Mars Distribution

Cast

Critic Reviews for Le Couperet

All Critics (8) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (1) | DVD (2)

It's a film better suited for the talents of the Coen Brothers.

February 1, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

| Comment

Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Garcia - reminiscent of a young Jack Lemmon - puts the hang into dog perfectly and the script will bite your arm off.

July 31, 2007 Full Review Source: Eye for Film

| Comment

Amber Wilkinson

Eye for Film

It's a black comedy with plenty to say, much of it about the self serving righteousness of Bruno's bourgeois peers

May 13, 2006 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile

| Comment

Urban Cinefile Critics

Urban Cinefile

The darkly serious tone of the script, Costa-Gavras' crisp direction and the dead-on acting (pun intended) make Le couperet a very intelligent and hilarious satire.

April 7, 2005 Full Review Source: european-films.net

| Comment

Boyd van Hoeij

european-films.net

More Critic Reviews

Audience Reviews for Le Couperet

View All

Fantastic little film. Dark humor and social commentary at it's best.

June 2, 2009

Wu Chouin

Super Reviewer

[center][/center] Based on Donald E. Westlake's novel The Grifters, this Belgium-French-Spanish co-production tells the story about unemployed Bruno Davert who figures out he has no option but to take the wrong path and eliminate every opponent in order to get a dream job as well as make himself and his family happy

July 19, 2010

Greg Fisher

Le Couperet Quotes

View All

No quotes approved yet for Le Couperet. Logged in users can submit quotes.

Character	Quote
	Enter quote here...	Delete

Movies

Opening

——	Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance	Feb 17
60%	This Means War	Feb 14
93%	The Secret World of Arrietty	Feb 17

More…

Top Box Office

27%	The Vow	$41.7M
53%	Safe House	$39.3M
42%	Journey 2: The Mysterious Island	$27.6M
57%	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (in 3D)	$23.0M
85%	Chronicle	$12.3M
64%	The Woman in Black	$10.3M
77%	The Grey	$5.1M
73%	Big Miracle	$3.9M
90%	The Descendants	$3.5M
29%	Underworld Awakening	$2.5M