Corporate (2017 film)

Corporate
Corporate
Directed by	Nicolas Silhol
Written by	Nicolas Silhol; Nicolas Fleureau;
Starring	Céline Sallette; Lambert Wilson; Stéphane De Groodt;
Release date	5 April 2017;
Running time	95 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Corporate is a French thriller film released on 5 April 2017, that was written and directed by Nicolas Silhol.^[1]

Plot

Émilie Tesson-Hansen is a brilliant and cold personnel manager at Esen, an industrial food group. One of her team members has been repeatedly trying to meet with her. He finally accosts her in the street where she tells him that he is not wanted and should quit. Soon after, he kills himself by jumping off of the building. An investigation is opened by a labor inspector. Considered to be at fault in the eyes of the director of human resources and her superiors, Emilie decides to avoid prison and save her skin. She reveals to the investigator the pernicious harassment methods and workplace bullying practiced at Esen.

Cast

Céline Sallette as Émilie Tesson-Hansen
Lambert Wilson as Stéphane Froncart, CHRO
Violaine Fumeau as Marie Borrel, l'inspectrice de travail
Stéphane De Groodt as Vincent
Charlie Anson as Colin Hansen, Émilie's husband
Alice de Lencquesaing as Sophie, Émilie's assistant
Camille Japy as Catherine, a colleague
Hyam Zaytoun as Patricia Suarez, Froncart's assistant
Jacques Chambon as CFO
Arnaud Bedouët as Jean-Louis Maury
Xavier De Guillebon as Didier Dalmat
Edith Saulnier as Juliette Dalmat, Didier's daughter
Nathalie Sportiello as CCO
Pierre-Loup Silhol as Léo Hansen
Yun Lai as a Korean businessman

Reception

In France, the film got critical acclaim.^[2] A critic, Florence Vasca, in AngersMag wrote, "the film is asking where is the limit of a human being when his career is at stake."^[3]