Product Description
Heartbeat Detector is an immersive corporate thriller in which Mathieu Amalric (The Diving Bell And The Butterfly) plays Simon Kessler, an in-house corporate psychologist, who is asked to investigate the erratic behaviour of the company CEO (Michael Lonsdale). His investigations take him under the skin of his company, and its neutral corporate language, to dark, Caché-style transgressions.
Review
One of the most remarkable, ambitious and disquieting films and recent French cinema --Sight & Sound
A highly original and often stunning film --Evening Standard
A dystopian thriller as chilling, atmospheric and relevant as anything French cinema has produced since Godard's 'Alphaville' --Time Out
A highly original and often stunning film --Evening Standard
A dystopian thriller as chilling, atmospheric and relevant as anything French cinema has produced since Godard's 'Alphaville' --Time Out
A highly original and often stunning film --Evening Standard
A dystopian thriller as chilling, atmospheric and relevant as anything French cinema has produced since Godard's 'Alphaville' --Time Out
A highly original and often stunning film --Evening Standard
A dystopian thriller as chilling, atmospheric and relevant as anything French cinema has produced since Godard's 'Alphaville' --Time Out
Product Description
United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Documentary, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: As a Parisian petrochemical company forges on into the 21st century, the in-house human resources psychologist leads a probe that proves the ghosts of the previous century still hold sway over current events in director Nicolas Klotz's labyrinthine drama. Simon (Mathieu Amalric) is a human resources worker who has spent the last seven years working at the Paris branch of a powerful German-based company called SC Farb. In addition to assessing the hiring and firing practices of the company, Simon was also charged with the task of conducting motivational workshops. When Assistant Director Karl Rose (Jean-Pierre Kalfon) implores Simon to conduct a clandestine assessment of firm director Mathias Jüst's (Michael Lonsdale) mental health after rumors of erratic behavior begin to circulate in the German head office, the shrewd human resources worker forms a factory orchestra as a means of stealthily gauging the stability of his violin-playing subject. Later, a comprehensive investigation of company archives and anonymous letters begin to snake ominously back in time to the darkest days of World War II. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Ceasar Awards, ...Heartbeat Detector ( La question humaine ) ( The Human Question (Heart beat Detector) )
