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Sergeant Major
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This is an outstanding film. It's French and subtitled. Available on Netflix. Has won many cinema awards
here and abroad.
Particularly poignant for those approaching middle-age. I swear it could have just as well been filmed in
the U.S. The acting is superb. You can almost feel the outrage, embarrassment and humiliation. And no
I have never been unemployed.
" Thierry Taugourdeau is recently laid off from his industrial career, facing the job hunt in his fifties., supporting a wife and a developmentally disabled son who's struggling in school, preparing to enter adulthood. Unwilling to participate in a lawsuit against his former employer, Thierry embarks on a mission to find work. Without skills and a desirable age, Thierry struggles to make sense of his situation, forced to make financial changes and consider a different future for his family. While this may seem like a recipe for a depressing picture, Brize actually focuses on the procedures of reinvention, following Thierry into job training groups and highlighting his interview skills. Lindon is masterful in the role, refusing to project anything but concentration with Thierry, while frustrations and damaged pride seeps out of his pores, generating as authentic a depiction of the employment situation as one can imagine.
Thierry eventually lands a security job with a big box store, and "The Measure of a Man" switches gears in its second half, highlighting the plights of shoplifters and scammers, putting the weary man in charge of condemning similarly desperate souls. Brize works minimally but effectively, creating a character study that doesn't provide easy answers or a hopeful resolution. It simply studies moral challenges and survival, doing so with exceptional humanity."
here and abroad.
Particularly poignant for those approaching middle-age. I swear it could have just as well been filmed in
the U.S. The acting is superb. You can almost feel the outrage, embarrassment and humiliation. And no
I have never been unemployed.
" Thierry Taugourdeau is recently laid off from his industrial career, facing the job hunt in his fifties., supporting a wife and a developmentally disabled son who's struggling in school, preparing to enter adulthood. Unwilling to participate in a lawsuit against his former employer, Thierry embarks on a mission to find work. Without skills and a desirable age, Thierry struggles to make sense of his situation, forced to make financial changes and consider a different future for his family. While this may seem like a recipe for a depressing picture, Brize actually focuses on the procedures of reinvention, following Thierry into job training groups and highlighting his interview skills. Lindon is masterful in the role, refusing to project anything but concentration with Thierry, while frustrations and damaged pride seeps out of his pores, generating as authentic a depiction of the employment situation as one can imagine.
Thierry eventually lands a security job with a big box store, and "The Measure of a Man" switches gears in its second half, highlighting the plights of shoplifters and scammers, putting the weary man in charge of condemning similarly desperate souls. Brize works minimally but effectively, creating a character study that doesn't provide easy answers or a hopeful resolution. It simply studies moral challenges and survival, doing so with exceptional humanity."