The Measure of Man (La loi du marché)

Sunday, May 22, at 8.30 PM ET on TV5MONDE. 

51-year-old Thierry is unemployed. Between pointless re-training and repeated humiliations, times are more than difficult. Together with his wife, he tries to keep what's most important: their apartment and the education of their disabled son. He finally manages to get a job as a security guard in a supermarket.

"Mr. Brizé transforms one individual's story into a social tragedy." - New York Times

"The movie becomes a masterly quasi-documentary police procedural, filled with hypnotically lurid technical and intimate details of the detection and punishment of crime, however petty." - New Yorker

Directed by: Stéphane Brizé (France, 2014)
Cast: Vincent Lindon (Thierry), Yves Ory (unemployment counsellor), Karine de Mirbeck (Thierry's wife), Matthieu Schaller (Thierry's son), Xavier Mathieu (trade union colleague), Noël Mairot (dance teacher), Catherine Saint-Bonnet (banker)
Genre: Drama
Awards: Ecumenical Jury Prize, Best Male Actor (2015 Cannes), 2016 César Best Actor.
Subtitles: French

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