Yves Angelo

From French director Alain Corneau, Fear and Trembling is a critically acclaimed, darkly funny, and winningly perverse comedy about a twisted workplace hell. And in a just world, Sylvie Testud, who won Best Actress at the Césars and the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, would be much better known.

Bringing a series of events into prismatic light with its Rashomon-effect structure, Anne Fontaine’s policier magnifies the repercussions of emotional entanglement in the workplace. Virginie Efira, Grégory Gadebois, and Omar Sy form an indomitable trifecta of French talent in this riveting film.