Summary
André Joeuf, the head of an insurance company, invites his staff
to spend a relaxing weekend at his house in the country.
Authoritarian and cynical, Joeuf easily manages to instil fear in his
employees, who suspect there may be an ulterior motive to this
seemingly friendly gesture. Indeed there is. Joeuf has a
number of redundancies to make, but he hasn’t yet made up his mind who
is to go...
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Credits
- Director: Denys Granier-Deferre
- Script: Jean-Marc Roberts (novel), Yves Stavrides
- Photo: Étienne Becker
- Music: Drupi, Philippe Sarde
- Cast: Jean Poiret (André Joeuf), Michel Piccoli (José Viss), Daniel Auteuil (Jean-Baptiste Lumet, aka Lum), Tchéky Karyo, Nadia Barentin (Madame Cire), François Lalande (Vezir), Florence Pernel (Odile, Joeuf’s daughter), Jeanne Lallemand (Nathalie, Joeuf’s daughter), Michel Pilorgé (Gatti), Max Mégy (Ponte), Christian Charmetant (Blampain), Bernard Marcellin (Arnaud), Chantal Deruaz (Solange), Gérard Chaillou (Sulser), Laure Duthilleul (Lum’s secretary), Pierre Pernet (Fabre)Patrick Bouchitey (Lenoir), François Perrot (Calot), André Balland (Concierge Hôtel Bellevue), Marie Laforêt (Rose, Joeuf’s wife)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 98 min
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