Director: Bruno Podalydès

Cast: Denis Podalydès, Bruno Podalydès, Sandrine Kiberlain

Rating: Parental Guidance 13

Alexandre is unemployed with a frozen bank account. His wife is on a two-month top secret nuclear submarine mission. While she's away, he has to prove that he can take care of the children and find a job. Following a surreal interview, he is hired at The Box - and thus Alexandre enters the 24-7 world of a greenwashed start-up with a strict no-child policy. He meets Arcimboldo, who juggles different jobs and apps and offers to look after the kids in exchange for accommodation. Between Alexandre's killer colleague Severine, incessant conference calls and endless team building sessions, keeping his secret is no easy challenge.

Part of the 2020 Cannes Festival and 2020 Deauville Festival official selections, this cynic comedy offers a clever and nuanced critique of the hyper-connection of our modern lives. The Podalydès brothers meet the challenge of bringing some fantasy, laugh and lightness to an almost surreal situation where the stiffness of the start-up company collides with the humanity of the characters. A movie that gives food for thought without taking itself too seriously.

93 mins

In French with English subtitles

France, 2021

Comedy

With the support of Institut Français 

★★★★★ Les Échos

     ★★★★ L'Humanité

  ★★★★ Libération

       Aa tender, libertarian comedy about the world of work and parenthood. " L'Humanité

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