Another World movie storyline. An executive manager, his wife and his family, at the point when his professional choices are about to overturn all their lives. Philippe Lemesle and his wife are separating, their love irretrievably damaged by pressures of work. A successful executive in industrial conglomerate, Philippe no longer knows how to respond to the contradictory demands of his bosses. Yesterday they wanted a manager, today an enforcer. Now he must decide what his life really means.
Director’s Statement
Philippe Lemesle moves amongst society’s winners, in the realm of executive managers, of the meritocracy, of what are typically known as “success stories”. How do you admit you’re in pain, that you’ve lost your way, when you are part of the social elite? To complain would be both obscene in the eyes of the less well-off and a sign of weakness— unforgivable in the eyes of his peers, and in his own eyes.
In this world, you cannot—you must not—be weak. It’s forbidden, on pain of downgrading and being replaced by a younger, more dynamic counterpart, or another who won’t argue about what he or she is asked to do. In this world it seems one no longer enjoys the right of questioning the orders that come from on high and which must swiftly be imposed below. This is the story of a world splitting silently in two, of professional and personal lives foundering, of a world in which men and women in ties and too-tight suits increasingly struggle to find meaning.
Another World (2022)
Un Autre Monde
Directed by: Stéphane Brizé
Starring: Vincent Lindon, Sandrine Kiberlain, Anthony Bajon, Marie Drucker, Guillaume Draux, Olivier Lemaire, Christophe Rossignon, Sarah Laurent, Joyce Bibring, Olivier Beaudet
Screenplay by: Olivier Gorce, Stéphane Brizé
Production Design by: Pascal Le Guellec
Cinematography by: Eric Dumont
Film Editing by: Anne Klotz
Costume Design by: Isabelle Pannetier
Set Decoration by: Jessy Kupperman
Music by: Camille Rocailleux
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Distributed by: Diaphana Films (France)
Release Date: September 10, 2021 (Venice), February 16, 2022 (France)
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