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Fred (1997)
Director: Pierre Jolivet
Cast: Vincent Lindon, Clotilde Courau, François Berléand, Stéphane Jobert
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Fred (Vincent Lindon) is a former crane driver who was a victim of the closure of his factory. He takes care of the little boy of his girlfriend (Clotilde Courau), does the housework and sometimes goes to the job center but boredom is inescapable. One day, because he accepted to drive a truck for a friend to a warehouse, he's caught up in a vicious spiral that goes beyond him. It's all the more serious as shady men want to eliminate him an the police is on his back.
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Fans of gripping crime dramas and director Pierre Jolivet's naturalistic style will appreciate this gritty, slow-burning character study of a down-on-his-luck factory worker (powerfully portrayed by Vincent Lindon) who gets entangled in a dangerous spiral of events beyond his control.