Another World (French: Un autre monde) is a 2021 French drama film directed by Stéphane Brizé.

Brizé

Most of his films fit in a category of "social realism", and thus is often compared to Ken Loach. Another world is his 12th movie.

This genre can be seen as the successor of Italian neorealism.

Trilogy

Not intended to be a trilogy at start, but it became known as the "world of the enterprise" trilogy.

They all feature the same actor as main character (the popular Vincent Lindon), but these stories are not related in any way except the broad theme. In each case, the character faces material, moral, psychological struggles, as he's part of a merciless socio-economic system.

• The Measure of a Man (2015) -La loi du marché

• At War (2018) - En guerre

Another world

In "Another world", Vinvcent Lindon plays a character who would be seen in the other ones as the "bad guy" - the boss. The company (Elsonn) is fictional, but the name indicates that it's a reference to "Alstom", a French MNC which was bought by an American competitor.

The style of the movie is probably more "polished" than the 2 others, which relied mostly on handheld, shaky cameras, in a documentary style. In a way the style of "Another world" reflects more the social status of the main character, while it still provides a sharp, opiniated analysis of modern, liberal societies.

It's quite actual concerns - for example, the top managers of the group "France Telecom"/Orange" face a criminal trial as dozen of employees committed suicide due to the pressure and degraded work environment after extremely aggressive methods of the management after the privatization of the company.

It's a story of the personal, moral struggle of a man who has crushing responsibilities, who must answer and provide results, the impact on his personal life, his inner battles and how to deal with his consciousness, the thin line between compromises and compromission.

Even though the movie focuses on the world of private companies, the thematic goes beyond: the place of the individuals in a system which, for its own sake, crushes the very people who are in it, and makes less and less sense. Brizé said: "It's not even an idea of great humanity, it's just it doesn't make sense, and so it's difficult to wake up every morning and participate collectively in a world which works upside down".

In another interview, Brizé and Lindon ask: what is courage, when one is asked to do something that is morally more and more unacceptable? Is is to still do it, or get out of a situation which is painful and unmanageable?

So, does it also relate to us, today in Auroville? Aren't there people who have taken responsibilities and are asked to do things which go against their moral values?