The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 2005
The Ax
Directed by
Costa-Gavras
Bruno loved his job as a middle manager at a paper company, but optimistically views being laid off as an opportunity. After two years of searching for a comparable position, optimism turns to desperation. His wife works two jobs, and their marriage slowly deteriorates as their hold on the middle class slips away. Bruno concocts a grimly audacious plan to identify and kill his fellow job applicants so that he is the only qualified person …
The story
Bruno loved his job as a middle manager at a paper company, but optimistically views being laid off as an opportunity. After two years of searching for a comparable position, optimism turns to desperation. His wife works two jobs, and their marriage slowly deteriorates as their hold on the middle class slips away. Bruno concocts a grimly audacious plan to identify and kill his fellow job applicants so that he is the only qualified person left.
Cast
José GarciaBruno Davert
Karin ViardMarlène Davert
Ulrich TukurGérard Hutchinson
Olivier GourmetRaymond Machefer
Yvon BackEtienne Barnet
Thierry HancisseInspector Kesler
Olga GrumbergIris Thompson
Geordy CouturiauMaxime Davert
Christa ThéretBetty Davert
Yolande MoreauPost Office Clerk
Dieudonné KabongoQuinlan Longus
Jean-Pierre GosGarage Owner
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Vanessa LarréPredator
Serge LarivièrePolice Inspector
Jeanne SavaryTV Host
Luce MouchelMrs. Rick
Philippe BardyMr. Rick
Marie KremerJudy Rick
Raphaël D'OlceGendarmerie Officer
Renaud RuttenMotorcycle Gendarmerie
Jean-Michel BalthazarArcadia Bartender
Luc BromagnePDG
Michel CarcanRolf Kranz
Robert BorremansInspector Otto Zirner
Alain GuilloJack
Jean-Maurice KnockaertDepartment Manager
Marc LegeinMr. Birch
Marie-Hélène BaleauMrs. Birch
Corentin LobetYoung Driver
Hervé PauchonDentist
Abdelmalek KadiGas Station Attendant
Gérard KuhnlLéon Ringer
Marie-Pierre ChaixMrs. Ringer
Christophe BraultTV Journalist
Olivier RavanelloTV Journalist
Jean-Claude Grumberg1st Witness
Émilie Raffoul2nd Witness
Alice Kakou3rd Witness
Michèle BerrebiProsecutor
John LandisMaxime's Friend's Father
Emmanuel HamonYoung Commissioner
Marie-Rose RolandMaid
Robert GuilmardDriver
Laurence BremontFemale Driver
Julie GavrasYoung Woman at the Cabin
Catherine SaléeLydia
Nabil Ben YadirGarbage Collector
Pierre ChoulTap Dancer
Stéphane CsalaFilm Director
Romain GavrasCivil Inspector
Éric BronchartCivil Inspector
Serge DevosCivil Inspector
Dominique RedingCivil Inspector
Alain BeaufortAssistant Kesler
Airy RoutierYoung Male Interviewer
Laurence LafiteauYoung Female Interviewer
Francine MartelConcierge Blacher
Denis TaurelCafé l'Étape Customer
Hugues FagetCafé l'Étape Customer
Joseph RappMan in the Restaurant (uncredited)
Julie MaesMrs. Kranz (uncredited)
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