Le Sens des affaires (2000)
Directed by Guy-Philippe Bertin

Comedy
aka: A Head for Business

Film Synopsis

A lowly employee in a small bank syphons of a small fortune so that he can produce the film he has long wanted to make.  Caught red-handed in the post-production stage, the enterprising employee tells his dumbfounded employers that the bank owns the film.  Unwilling to crystallise their losses, the bankers have no choice but to agree to the film's completion.  When the film is released, it proves to be a hit, and the bankers embark on a brand new business venture...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Guy-Philippe Bertin
  • Script: Guy-Philippe Bertin
  • Cinematographer: Carlo Varini
  • Music: Nicolas Errèra
  • Cast: Féodor Atkine (Jean-François de Roquemaurel), Claire Keim (Laetitia Zoët), Albert Delpy (Edouard), Guy-Philippe Bertin (Dutillard), Patrice Bornand (Patrice), Dominique Compagnon (Lepetit), Claude Koener (Claude), François Levantal (Etienne Bac), Philip Best (Stuart Dean), Jacques Bryland (Jacques), Armelle (Olga), Rebecca Pinette (L'Americaine), Anne-Sophie Capdet (La baigneuse), Juliet Dunn (C.E.O.), Philip Schurer (Journalist CNN), Bruce Toussaint (Himself), Robert Myers (Banker), Michael Otis
  • Country: France
  • Language: French / English
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 92 min
  • Aka: A Head for Business

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