What John Wayne was to Westerns and Boris Karloff was to Universal horror flicks, Belgian actor Olivier Gourmet has become to a specific brand of Francophone drama: one that depicts the oppressive workplace struggles of men at the end of their tether.
From his debuts in the Dardenne brothers’ The Promise, Rosetta and The Son to films like 40-Love, The Minister and The Night Watchmen, Gourmet has perfected the part of a tormented blue-collar drone, middle manager or bureaucratic lackey — a man crushed by both the weight of globalization and his own agitated home life. If there’s one thing linking all of Gourmet’s ...
From his debuts in the Dardenne brothers’ The Promise, Rosetta and The Son to films like 40-Love, The Minister and The Night Watchmen, Gourmet has perfected the part of a tormented blue-collar drone, middle manager or bureaucratic lackey — a man crushed by both the weight of globalization and his own agitated home life. If there’s one thing linking all of Gourmet’s ...
- 10/15/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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