At All Costs

Synopsis

A small company valiantly struggles to survive under the respectful yet probing camera of Claire Simon in “At All Costs.” As the docu opens, founder and manager Jihad is off to see his banker. The lack of ready cash to pay his loyal employees, wholesale produce providers and a whole range of other creditors, including the tax-gobbling French government, is omnipresent. From a staff of 14, Jihad is down to three cooks, one delivery driver and a secretary in less than six months. The good-natured pluck of the remaining employees is at the heart of the film. Subterfuges for putting up a brave united front include scheduling food orders from a coin-operated pay phone when the office phone is cut off for nonpayment.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Crew	Cinematography	Jérôme Peyrebrune Claire Simon
Production	Production Manager	Patrick Dumont
	Producer	Richard Copans Serge Lalou
Sound	Music	Arthur H
	Sound Engineer	Dominique Lancelot
Editing	Editor	Catherine Quesemand
	Assistant Editor	Anne-Marguerite Monory Elisabeth Legrand Sophie Creusot
Directing	Director	Claire Simon
Department	Role	Name

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