A realistic and at the same time dramatic film by Stephane Brize which remains unfinished! Despite Vincent Lindon's admittedly excellent performance and avoiding any melodramas about a social phenomenon such as unemployment, he does not touch the subject in depth, thus presenting a one-sided image. This costs the film, because it lacks the courage to answer which key questions and leaves the viewer unsatisfied as to the social phenomena that lead man to his wrong choices. The system, the establishment, is omnipresent dominating the masses and leaving little room for any dignity. A dignity lost in the daily grind of survival. There is no more tragic thing than this and we live it without realizing the loss of our very existence. Thierry realizes it as soon as he can in the thick of things and simply makes his move...
Review of The Measure of a Man
