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Human Resources (2000)

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Reviews Counted: 30

Fresh: 29

Rotten:1

Average Rating: 7.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: Laurent Cantet's HUMAN RESOURCES tells the deeply personal story of a father-son relationship that is tested when their opposing attitudes toward work and life collide head on. Frank (Jalil... Laurent Cantet's HUMAN RESOURCES tells the deeply personal story of a father-son relationship that is tested when their opposing attitudes toward work and life collide head on. Frank (Jalil Lespert) is a business school student who has returned from France for a summer internship at a factory in his hometown. It just so happens that his father, Jean-Claude (Jean-Claude Vallod), is an employee of the factory, where he has worked for thirty years. At first, Frank's energy impresses the bosses and makes his father proud. He orchestrates a referendum with the hopes that this will ease some of the tensions between the factory executives and the union leader, Mrs. Arnoux (Danielle Melador). But when he discovers that the executives were using this information in order to bypass negotiations with the union, jeopardizing his father's job, Frank is left feeling stunned and betrayed. Upon seeing that his father is going to accept this news passively, he helps the union boycott, sparking a clash between father and son that threatens to ruin their relationship forever. Cantet's usage of non-professional actors gives HUMAN RESOURCES a documentary-like feel, adding poignancy to the film's universal story. [More]

Starring: Jalil Lespert, Jean-Claude Vallod, Chantal Barre

Starring: Jalil Lespert, Jean-Claude Vallod, Chantal Barre

Director: Laurent Cantet

Director: Laurent Cantet
Screenwriter: Laurent Cantet, Gilles Marchand
Producer: Caroline Benjo, Carole Scotta

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Aug 3, 2004

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  • Parisian business school student Frank takes an internship in the Human Resources department at a factory where his father has labored for the past thirty years. When Franck's efforts to better the company lead to the firing of many employees, including his father, a furious confrontation ensues as father and son must ponder their relationship and their own separate lives. From acclaimed director Laurent Cantet (Time Out) and winner of over 17 international awards, including the Jury Prize, Seattle International Film Festival.
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    An interesting and tough little film.

    Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
    06/27/08
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
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    12/30/06
    MaryAnn Johanson
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    06/24/06
    Derek Adams
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    07/21/05
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    07/03/05
    Emanuel Levy
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    a very emotionally effective working-class drama

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    08/05/04
    Matt Langdon
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    07/30/03
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    A most interesting work by first time director Laurent Cantet

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    04/10/03
    Dennis Schwartz
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    12/30/02
    Philip Martin
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Generous, sensitive and innovative. It is a film in which, in the widest possible sense, the personal is political.

    Full Review Source: Sight and Sound | comment Comment
    12/02/02
    Ginette Vincendeau
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    06/15/02
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    A painfully astute tale, intelligently directed and co-scripted by Cantet, who has clearly researched his subject material in great detail.

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    06/05/02
    Chris Wiegand
    Boxoffice Magazine

    Its script doesn't have a false beat in it, star Lespert gives a painfully affecting performance of stunted nobility and director Laurent Cantet communicates a vision of national malaise with the controlled, angry indignation of an Emile Zola.

    Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
    04/03/02
    William Arnold
    Seattle Post-Intelligencer

    A quiet, no-nonsense film that is compelling and watchable despite its heavy politics.

    Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
    10/30/01
    Rachel Sanders
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    Joe Baltake
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    02/27/01
    Susan Stark
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    Performances are ardent and sincere.

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    02/26/01
    Jim Lane
    Sacramento News & Review

    Looking at the subtlety and conviction with which the subject matter is handled, it's hard to believe the film has come from a newcomer.

    Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
    02/07/01
    Jeff Vice
    Deseret News, Salt Lake City

    A cogent human drama.

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    02/07/01
    David Rooney
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