silverauk Review of Human Resources

Human Resources (1999)

Father-son relation in the factory and in the working-class environment.

[8/10 · 5 August 2002]

This movie is very sober but realistic. The director Laurent Cantet uses non-professional actors in their natural environment which gives the movie a certain power less dramatic than "Norma Rae" but stronger in intensity. The scene where the father (Jean-Claude Vallod) shows to his son Franck (Jalil Lespert) the very simple work he is doing every day for years on is moving. There is also the conflict of the young manager Franck with the director (Lucien Longueville) which is characteristic for such social problems. The family-life is well depicted.