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Léo, en jouant « Dans la compagnie des hommes » (2003)

121 min · Tragicomedy

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Directors

Arnaud Desplechin

Cast

Sami Bouajila, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Wladimir Yordanoff, Hippolyte Girardot

A business battle over an arms group pulls its owner’s son into one rival’s scheme.

The story

Jurrieu has long controlled an arms manufacturing group coveted by Hammer, the head of a major international retail chain. The two powerful businessmen wage their struggle through stock options, financial schemes and takeover bids. Jurrieu’s son, Léonard, is about to become the instrument of one of Hammer’s schemes. The story frames them as modern princes and their conflict as a struggle between powerful men.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

Two powerful men are at war. Modern princes, they settle their scores with stock options, financial schemes and takeover bids. Between these businessmen is one man’s son. There is also an heir and two kings, a chamberlain, a fool and a commoner. Jurrieu (Jean-Paul Roussillon) has long controlled an arms manufacturing group coveted by Hammer (Wladimir Yordanoff), the head of a major international retail chain. Léonard (Sami Bouajila), his son, is about to become the instrument of one of Hammer’s schemes. Faced with the most extreme tensions, he discovers himself as a son by discovering himself as a man. As in Hamlet, this is the story of a young prince who decides to change his life.

Genres

Tragicomedy

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