The Ax = Le Couperet (2005)
A chemist named Garcia loses his job to outsourcing. Two years later and still jobless, he hits on a solution: to genuinely eliminate his competition. (Based on a novel by Donald E. Westlake.)
Primary Title
- The Ax = Le Couperet
Date Broadcast
- Sunday 8 February 2015
Release Year
- 2005
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 22 : 40
Duration
- 130:00
Channel
- Maori Television
Broadcaster
- Maori Television Service
Programme Description
- A chemist named Garcia loses his job to outsourcing. Two years later and still jobless, he hits on a solution: to genuinely eliminate his competition. (Based on a novel by Donald E. Westlake.)
Classification
- AO
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- French
Captioning Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Unemployed--France--Drama
- Unemployment--Psychological aspects--Drama
- Black humor--Drama
- Feature films--France
- Motion pictures, French
Genres
- Comedy
- Crime drama
Contributors
- Costa-Gavras (Director)
- Costa-Gavras (Writer)
- José Garcia (Actor)
- Karin Viard (Actor)
- Geordy Monfils (Actor)
- Michèle Ray-Gavras (Producer)
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne (Co-Producer)
- Luc Dardenne (Co-Producer)
- K.G. Productions (Production Unit)
- StudioCanal (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Unemployed--France--Drama
- Unemployment--Psychological aspects--Drama
- Black humor--Drama
- Feature films--France
- Motion pictures, French