Laurent CantetCast
Aurélien Recoing 
Karin Viard Serge Livrozet
Credits
Written by: Robin Campillo
Plot
A man who has lost his job tells his family that he has taken a new one abroad and carries on living a lie.
Sinekatalog’s take
Laurent Cantet's drama follows a man who loses his job and hides it from his family, pretending to work abroad. Quiet, tense and humane, it is a chilling, psychologically acute study of shame and identity.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (5,350 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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