Film

A Head for Business

2000 · 1h 32m · Comedy

IMDb

6.1

A satirical examination of the transformation of a French investment bank into a Hollywood power broker, Le Sens des Affaires begins with a lowly bank clerk's embezzlement of $104 million francs (about $14 million dollars) to finance his screen adaptation of Chekhov's Three Sisters. The clerk, Gerard Dutillard, funnels bank funds into three fictional affiliates in a way that makes the bank's president, Jean-Francois de Roquemorel, legally responsible. Financial ruin seems a distinct possibility, but Dutillard has worked out a plan to make the system work in his favor, and soon enough his banking superiors are doing their best to salvage his film and make it marketable, prompting actual investors to fuel the production with cash.

Féodor Atkine

Jean-François de Roquemaurel

Claire Keim

Laetitia Zoët

Albert Delpy

Edouard

François Levantal

Etienne Bac

Guy-Philippe Bertin

Dutillard

• Guy-Philippe BertinDirector · Writer
• Alain SardeProducer
• Tom GarrettExecutive Producer
• Christine GozlanExecutive Producer
• Carlo VariniDirector of Photography
• Nicolas ErrèraOriginal Music Composer
• Stéphanie AraudEditor

Release date

August 23, 2000

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 32m

Genres

Comedy