Stupeur et tremblements [videorecording] = Fear and trembling / Cinema Guild Theatrical ; Studio Canal ; une coproduction Les films Alain Sarde, Divali Films, France 3 Cinema, avec la participation de Canal+ ; un film de Alain Corneau ; written by Alain Corneau ; directed by Alain Corneau.
Originally released as a feature film in 2003. From the novel of the same title by Amélie Nothomb. Special features: making-of featurette; original theatrical trailer; essay by film critic Mark Peranson of Cinemascope magazine. Sylvie Testud, Kaori Tsuji, Taro Suwa, Bison Katayama, Yasunari Kondo, Sokyu Fujita, Gen Shimaoka.
Summary:
A dream job rapidly becomes a nightmare for Amelie, a Japanese-born Belgian woman, who suffers a series of increasingly humiliating demotions after she lands a job as an interpreter at a large Japanese corporation.
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