Movie
The Ax
Some people would die to get (him) this job.
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.
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Checked Sep 2, 2026
The Ax opened in theaters March 2, 2005. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
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.
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Cast
José GarciaBruno Davert
Karin ViardMarlène Davert
Ulrich TukurGérard Hutchinson
Olivier GourmetRaymond Machefer
Yvon BackEtienne Barnet
Thierry HancisseInspector Kesler
Olga GrumbergIris Thompson
Geordy CouturiauMaxime DavertCredits
- Directed by
- Costa-Gavras
- Written by
- Costa-Gavras, Jean-Claude Grumberg, Donald E. Westlake
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Original title
- Le Couperet
- Budget
- $5.4M
- Box office
- $4.9M
Production
KG ProductionsFrance
StudioCanalFrance
France 2 CinémaFrance
Les Films du FleuveBelgium
RTBFBelgium
SCOPE InvestBelgium