法国新导演安托万·胡斯巴克的新片，是他的社会阶段三部曲第一部，讲一位失业中年大叔，找不到工作一步步抑郁到想自杀的故事，丧到触底。剧本和整体的叙事节奏很出色，像剧作和主题层面上史蒂芬·布塞和达内兄弟的混合体。

一个严厉的银行老板，一个走了狗屎运当上秘书的年轻漂亮的女人。
女人本来有一大堆烦心事，不过从天而降的好工作，高薪水让她开心了一阵子。于是她开始挥霍，去享乐，直到个人帐户透支——找人借钱？不如直接从老板的口袋里拿吧……

A rich industrialist is brutally kidnapped. While he physically and mentally degenerates in imprisonment, the kidnappers, police and the board of the company of which he is director negotiate about the ransom of 50 million euro.

In a small town on the edge of wild country, an eccentric and delinquent mother has had enough of the rules. Crushed by her mistakes and by a society that doesn't give a damn – or a second chance - to people like her, she'll do anything to prove to her children, and to herself, that she still is a good person.

This uneven comedy of manners concerns a young film projectionist (Jerome Ange) who sets out to find a marriageable woman. He sets his sights on two women he has lived with for nearly ten years (Kristin Scott-Thomas and Sylvie Orcier). For some reason, the projectionist encourages one of the women to hire a private detective (Patrice Kerbrat) to monitor his romantic activities.