It spins riveting, moving drama out of the most unpromising premise imaginable. Discover the films selected by director laurent cantet, to download on vod and legal. Ressources humaines is a 1999 frenchbritish film directed by laurent cantet. Frank jalil lespert is a business school student who has returned from france for a summer internship at a factory in his hometown. Laurent cantet is a french director, cinematographer and screenwriter. In a series of important films, including human resources, time out, heading south, the class and foxfire, he takes stock of the modern world from the workplace, through the schoolroom and the oppressive small town to the world of international sex tourism. Human resources is an excellent docudrama about labor issues in france following the instatement of the 35hour work week a measure taken to help remedy the countrys unemployment crisis. For the first time in 21 years, a french film has taken the top prize at the cannes film festival, and in a rarity for cannes, the palme dor was awarded unanimously. The anarchist film archive presents recursos humanos 1999 laurent cantet, watch online now. A crosscontinent journey begins, in which the companys human resources manager, a journalist, a driver with no license, a lowly representative of the romanian israeli consulate, and the surly. Ressources humaines human resources, france 1999 the son second right watches as the boss talks to his father on the shop floor. It is in this context of quiet desperation that a writing workshop has been set up to help a group of seven young.
In 1999, he directed the sanguinaires, within the framework of the arte collection 2000 vu par. What really sets laurent cantets film apart is the straightforward manner in which it dares to look. To set this templates initial visibility, the state parameter may be used. In contrast to lauren berlants astute though pessimist reading of the movie, i propose that internships may highlight. Searching for a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the laurent cantetdirected movie via subscription can be. The film has a wonderfully realistic tone and authentic characters coping with the challenges of everyday life in the modern world. Its followup time out 2001 also detailed the pressures of business life, but from the perspective of an executive who faces an existential crisis. Rent human resources 1999 on dvd and bluray netflix. Director laurent cantet accepts the palme dor, surrounded by his cast. While education, or lack thereof, has defined the characters in several of cantets films human resources, time out, the class represents an opportunity for the director to examine its source, particularly as it reflects the diversity of contemporary france. In a series of important films, including human resources, time out. Rent human resources 1999 starring jalil lespert and jeanclaude vallod on dvd and bluray.
Human resources laurent cantet, 1999 dennis grunes. Discover the films selected by director laurent cantet, to download on vod and legal streaming lacinetek. Laurent cantet is one of frances leading contemporary directors although he has only made a relatively modest number of films. Im surprised i even managed to see it, and yet it is well worth seeing for its insights into generational conflicts in a factory town between an upwardly mobile son named frank jalil lespert, and a contentedly statusquo father. Yes yes 7 dor for best screenwriting amiens international film festival prize of the city of amiens. If the undoubted high point of his career to date was the award of the palme dor at the sixtyfirst cannes film festival in 2008 to hisentre les murs the class, it. Ressources humaines 2000 and emploi du temps 2001 this article analyses the socialrealist melodramas of director laurent cantet. Download citation laurent cantets ressources humaines. Laurent cantetstateexpanded to show the template expanded, i.
This film turns it into a feature about economic and familial politics. If the factoryworker father of cantets ressources humaines, with his attachment to routine and the secure enclosure of the factory, seems an archetypal example of the old fordist man, vincent, the hero of lemploi du temps, is an exemplar of the new human marks. As the title implies, the subject of the film is the workplace and the personal difficulties that result from conflicts among management and labour, corporations and individuals. Cantets work from ressources humaines human resources 1999 onwards, and with the possible exception of vers le sud heading south 2005 has. Human resources has the distinction of being not only one of the finest movies. Human resources by laurent cantet a movie to download, on vod and legal streaming lacinetek.
After a number of acclaimed shorts and documentaries, laurent cantet drew acclaim for his feature debut human resources 1999, a humanist drama about the ruthlessness of the business world. View essay phl 710 human resources film analysis from phl 710 at ryerson university. Social realist film, human resources culture the guardian. Unifrance films hosts the 17th rendezvous with french cinema in paris from january 1519, 2015. Jump to navigation jump to search initial visibility. In a series of important films, including human resources, time out, heading south, the class and foxfire, he takes stock of the modern world from the workplace, through the schoolroom and the oppressive small. Another french film released soon is laurent cantets ressources humaines human resources. Laurent cantet s human resources tells the deeply personal story of a fatherson relationship that is tested when their opposing attitudes toward work and life collide head on. Phl 710 human resources film analysis 1 human resources. Laurent cantet, director of the class, zeroes in on a havana roof terrace for this wistful chamber piece in which old friends meet up to drink, reminisce and exhume old secrets. Laurent cantet s human resources, from a screenplay by mr.
It is a highly polished, but punchy, first effort from director laurent cantet who combines sharp intelligence with depth of feeling as he draws in a quiet but powerful tale of the uneasy. Human resources by laurent cantet on vod lacinetek. While he drives aimlessly along highways and hangs out. He is a management consultant, albeit one who hides his unemployment, and. Ressources humaines human resources 1999 laurent cantet, jalil lespert, jeanclaude vallod, chantal barre, drama march 3, 2016 the 35hour work week has all of france in its thrall. The film has a wonderfully realistic tone and authentic characters coping with the challenges of. Laurent cantet was born on june 15, 1961 in melle, deuxsevres, france. Drawing on the literature regarding internships and cinema of precarity, this article addresses how one learns to intern and negotiate his or her class identity between a bluecollar past and whitecollar future through an analysis of laurent cantets human resources. Human resources 2000 stream and watch online moviefone. Laurent cantet stands alongside michael haneke as a director who looks at some of the most important themes in modern life, turning his attention to the the sex trade for older women and exploitation of young men in haiti, the problems of inner city schools, and, in time out and human resources, the problems of employment and what it means in a persons life.
Laurent cantet in budapest for the 5th francophone film days. Laurent cantet is of one frances leading contemporary directors. Business student franck lespert returns home as a management trainee in the same factory as his father, a tool operator. Content and class in business french laurent cantets ressources humaines, a film rich in human and social drama, provides a window. Ressources humaines human resources, france 1999 the. What really sets laurent cantets film apart is the straightforward manner in. Jalil lespert, jeanclaude vallod, chantel barre, laurent cantet. Need to watch human resources on your tv or mobile device at home. Rent laurent cantet movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray. Starting with 1999s human resources, laurent cantet has quickly built an international reputation as frances most socially engaged narrative filmmaker, crafting films that highlight the ever lingering issues of race and class in both france and, as in the case of his.
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