Inhuman Resources

Alain Delambre, unemployed and 57, is lured by an attractive job opening. But things get ugly when he realizes he’s a pawn in a cruel corporate game.

Inhuman Resources (2020) is a French national-television corporate thriller miniseries created by Pierre Lemaitre for ARTE. Éric Cantona plays Alain Delambre, an unemployed fifty-seven-year-old lured by an attractive job opening that quickly reveals itself as a cruel corporate game. Suzanne Clément plays his wife Nicole, while Alex Lutz plays Alexandre Dorfmann, a figure whose interests tangle with Alain's at every turn. Alain's engine is simple and desperate: he needs the job, and every step toward it exposes him as a pawn in someone else's scheme. Across six hour-long episodes the story tightens steadily, built from interviews, power plays, and the quiet humiliations of a company that treats people as expendable. The mood is tense and bleak, with dread gathering around an ordinary man who has nothing left to lose. Fans of Severance and Mr. Robot will find resonance in its corporate paranoia and its portrait of an everyman squeezed by a ruthless system. It is a self-contained limited series that rewards close attention.

Audience reception is positive, with viewers appreciating the tense corporate thriller and its lead performance.

• Dérapagescorporate power games, unemployed everyman pulled into a sinister scheme, tense French thriller tone
• Severancecorporate conspiracy, ordinary worker caught in institutional cruelty, slow-burn workplace dread
• Mr. Robotordinary man trapped by ruthless systems, bleak workplace thriller atmosphere
• Ozarkmiddle-aged everyman drawn into escalating criminal entanglements, morally compromised protagonist

Created by

Pierre Lemaitre

Release Date

2020-04-23

Episode runtime

60 min

Rating

7.2 / 10 (77)

What is Inhuman Resources about?

An unemployed fifty-seven-year-old is lured by an alluring job offer that becomes a pawn's nightmare inside a cruel corporate game.

What is Inhuman Resources like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Inhuman Resources as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is Inhuman Resources violent?

Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Inhuman Resources as moderate.

What did critics think of Inhuman Resources?

Audience reception is positive, with viewers appreciating the tense corporate thriller and its lead performance.

Which shows are like Inhuman Resources?

Shows with a similar feel include Dérapages, Severance, Mr. Robot, and Ozark.

How long is Inhuman Resources?

Inhuman Resources: 1 season, 6 episodes.

Is Inhuman Resources still running?

No, Inhuman Resources has ended.