17° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
Feature Film Competition 1999

RESSOURCES HUMAINES

HUMAN RESOURCES
by Laurent Cantet
Country: France
Year: 1999
Duration: 100'


Franck, a student of economics in Paris, returns home to his parents for an apprenticeship at the company where his father has worked for thirty years. He is assigned to the "Human Resources" department. The young man tries to settle the dead-locked situation that has evolved between the company and the unions, which are negotiating a shorter work week. But the company is simply trying to fire part of their personnel, including the young man's father.

Biography

film director

Laurent Cantet

Laurent Cantet debuted as a director with two short films which received numerous prizes at the festivals of Pantin and Belfort. In 1997, he directed an episode of the series 2000 Seen by… Ressources humaines is his first feature-length movie.

FILMOGRAFIA

Tous à la manif (cm, 1994), Jeux de plage (cm, 1995), Les Sanguinaires (tv, 1997), Ressources humaines (1999).

Cast

& Credits

Director: Laurent Cantet.
Soggetto e sceneggiatura: Laurent Cantet, Gilles Marchand.
Director of photography: Matthieu Poirot Delpech, Claire Caroff.
Art director: Romain Denis.
Sound: Philippe Richard, Antoine Ouvrier.
Editor: Robin Campillo.
Cast: Jalil Lespert, Jean-Claude Vallod, Chantal Barré, Véronique de Pandelaère, Michel Begnez, Lucien Longueville. Produttori: Caroline Benjo, Carole Scotta.
Production company: Haut et Court, 38, rue des Martyrs, 75009 Paris, France, tel. +33-1-55312727, fax +33-1-55312728.
Co-production: La Sept ARTE/Pierre Chevalier.
Foreign sales agent: Celluloïd Dreams, 24, rue Lamartine, 78009 Paris, France, tel. +33-1-49700370, fax +33-1-49700371, e-mail info@celluloid-dreams.com.

TFF

prizes

CINEMAVVENIRE AWARD 1999

Feature Film Competition - Best First Film

CIPPUTI AWARD 1999

Best Film about the Working World

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