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darkmatter2
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La question humaine (2007)
A movie about language
22 January 2009 - 9 out of 16 users found this review helpful.
This is an interesting movie. The pace is slow, and the subject is painful, so it takes some effort to watch it from end to end. But in the end, it's worth it.
The music is very effective in inducing empathy with the main character, who's going through a life-changing crisis.
The main point is that today's corporate speak is dehumanizing ('units' to designate workers, 'efficiency', 'objectives'), in the same way as the Nazi's ruthless technical language of death was. Language can be a tool of destruction with a clean conscience.
Not perfect - a bit over-obvious sometimes. Also, the people speak like books, which, for me, induced a distance and made suspension of disbelief harder. Good acting though.
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