A Disgrace !!

I thought it was a good movie about how people come to be overly dependant on the identity they have with their job, despite the fact that it is about bourgeois people. It is, after all, only a film, and I think a lot of us, bourgeois or not, realize all too well how this world is pathetic on a daily basis. That is called, if you wish to hear it from this bourgeois, the human condition.

What ridculous post. You demand a refund because it was aimed at the middle/upper class? What about flicks like Breakfast at Tiffany's? Or any Cary Grant flick? Those are ALL about the lives of the upper class. So what?!

Sounds like a wee bit of class envy

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Hatred towards the film?

Man, I can think of so many better outlets for your hatred than posting here. Hatred towards a film? Isn't that like saying you have hatred towards a shirt? Or a book of matches?

Is the film THAT offensive?

"With our wings that bark, flashing teeth of brass, standing tall in the dark" - David Bowie

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Why can't we all just get along?

This is a great film, but Angtoria has actually touched upon an important facet not discussed in any other post.

While other posters have seen the film as the story of an "outsider" or "square peg in a round hole", I see it as a commentary on capitalism and globalism and Vincent as a representative victim.

Looking at the behavior of the private businessmen, the NGO do-gooders, and the crooks, there seems to be little difference in their morality and methods. Unless we are self-sustaining peasants detached from the media, politics and fashion, we are enmeshed in a web of hypocrisy, selfishness and inhumanity. The gobbledygook corporate-speak throughout, and particularly during the end titles, underlines this.

The most humane person is actually the crook, brilliantly played by Serge Livrozet. When he realizes that Vincent is making off (having robbed him of further cash? This I am not clear about), he lets him go. His experience (perhaps based on the actor's own real-life story) has taught him to avoid confrontation and violence. He actually seems to have some sympathy, perhaps even admiration, for Vincent's moral choice.

(No doubt in the American remake there will be a car chase and shoot-out at this juncture).

What a disappointment. This film is obviously aim towards the middle / upper class socialites!

My father has been through similarities, but there was NO riches involved from anyone ! Instead my family had to live on scraps for a long long time, and that was after he had to deal with the mind-body crippling embarrassment! There was no amazing job out of the end of it or anything!!