

118 min
The Ax
Directed by Costa-Gavras
Starring José Garcia, Karin Viard
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,...
Release
Mar 2, 2005
Budget
$5.4M
Breakeven
$13.5M(2.5x)
Gross
$4,900,000
Profit
-$8,600,000
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.
Release
Mar 2, 2005
Budget
$5.4M
Breakeven
$13.5M(2.5x)
Gross
$4,900,000
Profit
-$8,600,000
118 min