Corporate

Corporate is a French thriller film released on 5 April 2017, that was written and directed by Nicolas Silhol. Plot Émilie Tesson-Hansen is a brilliant and cold personnel manager at Esen, an industrial food group. One of her team members has been repeatedly trying to meet with her. He finally accosts her in the street where she tells him that he is not wanted and should quit. Soon after, he kills himself by jumping off of the building. An investigation is opened by a labor inspector. Considered to be at fault in the eyes of the director of human resources and her superiors, Emilie decides to avoid prison and save her skin. She reveals to the investigator the pernicious harassment methods and workplace bullying practiced at Esen. Cast Céline Sallette as Émilie Tesson-Hansen Lambert Wilson as Stéphane Froncart, CHRO Violaine Fumeau as Marie Borrel, l'inspectrice de travail Stéphane De Groodt as Vincent Charlie Anson as Colin Hansen, Émilie's husband Alice de Lencquesaing as Sophie, Émilie's assistant Camille Japy as Catherine, a colleague Hyam Zaytoun as Patricia Suarez, Froncart's assistant Jacques Chambon as CFO Arnaud Bedouët as Jean-Louis Maury Xavier De Guillebon as Didier Dalmat Edith Saulnier as Juliette Dalmat, Didier's daughter Nathalie Sportiello as CCO Pierre-Loup Silhol as Léo Hansen Yun Lai as a Korean businessman Reception In France, the film got critical acclaim. A critic, Florence Vasca, in AngersMag wrote, "the film is asking where is the limit of a human being when his career is at stake."