The Ax (2005)

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.

Director:

Costa-Gavras

Stars:

José Garcia (Bruno Davert), Karin Viard (Marlène Davert), Ulrich Tukur (Gérard Hutchinson), Olivier Gourmet (Raymond Machefer), Yvon Back (Etienne Barnet), Thierry Hancisse (Inspector Kesler)