Que les Gros Salaires Lèvent le Doigt! (1982)
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 98 minuten
Alternative title: Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!
Country:
France
Directed by: Denys Granier-Deferre
Stars: Jean Poiret, Daniel Auteuil and Michel Piccoli
IMDb score:
5,5 (425)
Releasedate: 3 November 1982
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Que les Gros Salaires Lèvent le Doigt! plot
Andre Joeuf (Jean Poiret) is the manager of an insurance office. When one day he is forced to lay off some of his staff, he doesn't know how to choose. He decides to invite them all to his country house and turn it into a game. He makes his staff do the musical chairs! Anyone who is still standing after the music stops will lose their job.
Actors and actresses
Andre Joeuf
José Viss
Jean-Baptiste Lumet, aka Lum
Calot
Fabre
Odile, Joeuf's daughter
Lenoir
Rose, Joeuf's wife (uncredited)
Reviews & comments
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The director of a small insurance company organizes a team-building event at his country house. But what no one knows is that he's about to fire some of his highest-earning employees. I expected more, as the synopsis sounded promising. Unfortunately, it never becomes funny. It's full of cynicism, hypocrisy, contemptuous behavior, and schadenfreude, especially delivered by director Joeuf.
But because most of the employees remain indifferent, it doesn't work. In the end, I didn't care who got fired. What the addition of that godfather (Piccoli) and the director's horny daughter is supposed to mean is completely beyond me. Aside from Poiret and Auteuil, who still deliver solid performances, I considered this a rather disappointing failure.
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