"La Loi Du Marché" is a cruel, bleak, and stark picture of the struggles of a middle-class man in France who gets laid off from his job. The movie follows his daily efforts and tribulations to find a new job and adjust to a lower salary and a different setting while fending off financial difficulties and taking care of his wife and his disabled son. The second part of the movie is focused on his job as a security guard in a grocery store and the humiliation of customers and co-workers who tend to steal out of poverty and need. The protagonist finds himself in a hot spot, pitched against people from his class, suffering the same daily degradation and lack of means. Finally, he walks out, perhaps for a break or to quit. It's not entirely clear. The movie wasn't sentimental or poetic in any sense. It was direct and shot in a documentary-like style, making it more believable. The final scene was vague and open and left much to be desired in terms of a conclusion.
Review of The Measure of a Man
