The Ax

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.

José Garcia

(Bruno Davert)

Karin Viard

(Marlène Davert)

Ulrich Tukur

(Gérard Hutchinson)

Olivier Gourmet

(Raymond Machefer)

Yvon Back

(Etienne Barnet)

Thierry Hancisse

(Inspector Kesler)

Olga Grumberg

(Iris Thompson)

Geordy Couturiau

(Maxime Davert)

Christa Théret

(Betty Davert)

Yolande Moreau

(Post Office Clerk)

Dieudonné Kabongo

(Quinlan Longus)

Jean-Pierre Gos

(Garage Owner)

Vanessa Larré

(Predator)

Serge Larivière

(Police Inspector)

Jeanne Savary

(TV Host)

Luce Mouchel

(Mrs. Rick)

Philippe Bardy

(Mr. Rick)

Marie Kremer

(Judy Rick)

Raphaël D'Olce

(Gendarmerie Officer)

Renaud Rutten

(Motorcycle Gendarmerie)

Jean-Michel Balthazar

(Arcadia Bartender)

Luc Bromagne

(PDG)

Michel Carcan

(Rolf Kranz)

Robert Borremans

(Inspector Otto Zirner)

Alain Guillo

(Jack)

Jean-Maurice Knockaert

(Department Manager)

Marc Legein

(Mr. Birch)

Marie-Hélène Baleau

(Mrs. Birch)

Corentin Lobet

(Young Driver)

Hervé Pauchon

(Dentist)

Abdelmalek Kadi

(Gas Station Attendant)

Gérard Kuhnl

(Léon Ringer)

Marie-Pierre Chaix

(Mrs. Ringer)

Christophe Brault

(TV Journalist)

Olivier Ravanello

(TV Journalist)

Jean-Claude Grumberg

(1st Witness)

Émilie Raffoul

(2nd Witness)

Alice Kakou

(3rd Witness)

Michèle Berrebi

(Prosecutor)

John Landis

(Maxime's Friend's Father)

Emmanuel Hamon

(Young Commissioner)

Marie-Rose Roland

(Maid)

Robert Guilmard

(Driver)

Laurence Bremont

(Female Driver)

Julie Gavras

(Young Woman at the Cabin)

Catherine Salée

(Lydia)

Nabil Ben Yadir

(Garbage Collector)

Pierre Choul

(Tap Dancer)

Stéphane Csala

(Film Director)

Romain Gavras

(Civil Inspector)

Éric Bronchart

(Civil Inspector)

Serge Devos

(Civil Inspector)

Dominique Reding

(Civil Inspector)

Alain Beaufort

(Assistant Kesler)

Airy Routier

(Young Male Interviewer)

Laurence Lafiteau

(Young Female Interviewer)

Francine Martel

(Concierge Blacher)

Denis Taurel

(Café l'Étape Customer)

Hugues Faget

(Café l'Étape Customer)

Joseph Rapp

(Man in the Restaurant (uncredited))

Julie Maes

(Mrs. Kranz (uncredited))