Directors: Alain Courneau
Starring: Sylvie Testud, Kaori Tsuji
Year: 2003
Based on a novel by Amelie Nothomb, the movie shows the trials and tribulations of a Belgium-born woman (Testud) raised in Japan as she attempts to enter the Japanese working world.
Comments: Testud plays the role with sublime reserve and bewilderment, as she navigates through the clash between modern-day Japanese and western work place cultures. Note that office scene which depicts the boss's desk positioned facing all the desks of the subordinates in an open floor is shockingly similar to the Tokyo office of Steve's company.
Recommended.
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