Produce at all costs! Even if we are not paid immediately, we must go on at all costs! To find new clients, at all costs! New suppliers, at all costs! Director Claire Simon shot for a six-month period the constant struggle of a small company to keep itself open and pay both its expenses and their employees’ wages. A tragic comedy about work and everything we are forced to do in order to survive. Louis Marcorelles Award at Cinema du Réel and best documentary at Potsdam Festival 1995.
Claire Simon
Born in London in 1955. She began her film career as an editor and director of short films, such as La police (1988). She also directed documentaries like Les patients (1989) and Mimi (2003). Her first feature was A Foreign Body (1997). Among her films, highlights are Ça brule (2006) and God's Offices (2006), selected for the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes. Festival do Rio presents this year a retrospective of his work.
