- Inhuman resources is a Netflix original released in May 2020, and is a family drama similar to the hugely popular Netflix Ozark.
- A middle-aged man who was fired from his HR position a few years ago struggles to survive, accepting any job that would help him survive. As his relationship with his wife and daughters becomes more tense, he stumbles on an unexpected second chance to regain his former life. It involves a hostage simulation game as the final stage of the interview.
- The French TV series has only six episodes, but you will want more as you approach the exciting ending.
If there is a positive side to the coronavirus pandemic, it is more time to stream movies and TV shows from the services you currently subscribe to. The film industry may have gone on a long hiatus, and many productions have been delayed to address restrictions on the pandemic. But streaming companies still managed to release a large number of original content in 2020, with Netflix easily outperforming all others. Netflix said at the beginning of the pandemic that its 2020 schedule would not be affected, as most of the work was already completed. The company delivered many originals, including some unpublished shows from international studios.
I’ve already talked about two international TV series that I couldn’t stop this fall, including To the lake, a Russian story about a pandemic and barbarians, a German TV series spoken only in Latin and German. There’s another Netflix original that I’ll add to my list of international Netflix creations, a show that’s the French equivalent of Ozark.
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Inhuman resources or Dérapages in French, the Netflix original was released in mid-May. It seems like it was a lifetime ago or just a few weeks ago, depending on your perception of 2020. I’ve had it on my radar ever since, but I never had time to see it and kept putting it off. The fact that it is in French may seem like an impediment to starting watching. But, like any other international original, I advise everyone to assist in the original language. The dubbed version would look wrong, stealing these creations from their magic.
Inhuman resources it has only six episodes, a shorter series according to what you would expect from a European original. I mean, the series flies and you will want more episodes as the end approaches.
I will not spoil what happens in this review. I’ll tell you that the drama falls into the same category as Ozark and Breaking Bad. We have a family man, Alain Delambre (Eric Cantona), who has reached the end of the line, and the only solution he sees is to turn to crime.
For Delambre, it’s not about making high-end meth in the back of a van, even though a van is involved in the story, or laundering hundreds of millions of dollars of cartels. He is a former middle-aged HR specialist who was fired from his job and had to accept manual labor for a few years to survive. This upheaval affected his entire life, damaging his relationship with his wife and daughters. At 57, he struggles to pay the bills and has no real hope of returning to his old line of work. That changes one day when he is called in for an HR job interview.
Selected for a high-paying position at a large French company, Delambre discovers that he is going to participate in a false hostage-taking situation involving some of the company’s top executives. The CEO wants to determine which of his aides can be trusted under pressure, as that person would have to deal with a highly sensitive position in the company. Executives have no idea what’s going on with them. But Delambre has his own plan, to hijack the hostage situation for his own benefit.
The show is inspired by a real life story, although Inhuman resources it is not based on real people or events.
A highlight of the show is Cantona’s performance. Football fans would immediately recognize the name. Eric Cantona is the famous French football player who had an incredible career in England at Manchester United in the mid-90s. He wore shirt 7, which would later go to David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo. But he is also remembered for his explosive temper in the field. Cantona was involved at one point in his career in Manchester in an incident involving a spectator. The “kung-fu kick” earned him a short prison sentence and a ban on the sport. This also ended his career with the French team. Cantona ended up retiring from football and started acting. One of his first roles was in 1998 Elizabeth biography starring Cate Blanchet.
This short story of Cantona is relevant for its interpretation of Alain Delambre in Inhuman resources. Cantona is now in his 50s, as is the main character. He is no longer a successful soccer player at his peak, just as his character is no longer in his best days. But Cantona’s angry behavior on the pitch seems to be really worth it in the film. As Delambre becomes more desperate, he becomes more depressed and more violent, which seems to fit Cantona like a glove.
It’s not just Cantona’s performance that makes the original Netflix worthy of a spree. As in Ozark or Breaking Bad, Delambre’s actions impact everyone around him, and the family drama further fuels his actions and decisions. Suzanne Clément (Nicole Delambre, Alain’s wife), Gustave Kervern (Charles Bresson, Alain’s friend), Alice de Lencquesaing (Lucie Delambre, Alain’s daughter) and Alex Lutz (Alexandre Dorfmann, Alain’s future employer) play great supporting characters.
Inhuman resources ends with a big suspense for a second season, although it doesn’t necessarily need one. Not to mention that the pandemic can make filming very difficult.
Chris Smith started writing about gadgets as a hobby and, before he knew it, was sharing his views on technology with readers around the world. Whenever he’s not writing about gadgets, he fails miserably to stay away from them, although he tries desperately. But this is not necessarily a bad thing.