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Toxic Workplace Drama: A Good Little Soldier Heads to Venice
24 Aug
Summary
- Film explores toxic management and executive breakdown.
- Alba Rohrwacher stars as a dedicated but pressured HR manager.
- Stéphane Brizé returns to workplace themes in his latest feature.
Stéphane Brizé's latest film, 'A Good Little Soldier,' featuring Alba Rohrwacher, is poised for its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. The movie is also slated for a North American debut at TIFF. Ahead of these premieres, the film has secured distribution deals in key international territories including Australia, Spain, and Italy.
Rohrwacher plays Carla Moretti, a successful HR executive tasked with improving employee well-being while meeting stringent performance demands. The narrative focuses on her struggle against toxic management, forcing her to make compromises that threaten her personal and professional stability. This marks Rohrwacher's second collaboration with director Brizé.
The film revisits Brizé's established interest in workplace themes, seen in his previous films like 'The Measure of a Man.' He describes the new film as having a 'sharper edge,' delving into the 'grotesque charade of corporate communication' and the 'casual, shameless indecency' within systemic issues.
'A Good Little Soldier' is a Gaumont production, with international sales handled by the same company. The film is scheduled for a theatrical release in France on November 25. It will compete in Venice and screen as a Special Presentation at TIFF.
