- Inhuman resources is a Netflix original released in May 2020, and it’s a family drama similar to Netflix’s hugely popular Ozark.
- A middle-aged man who was fired from his HR position a few years ago is struggling to get by and accepting any job that will help him make money. As his relationships with his wife and daughters become more strained, he ends up in an unexpected second chance to get his old life back. It involves a hostage role-playing as the final step of the interview.
- The French TV series has only six episodes, but you want more the closer you get to the exciting finale.
If there is a silver lining of the coronavirus pandemic, it’s more time for streaming movies and TV shows of the services you are currently subscribed to. The film industry may have been quiet for a long time, and many productions were delayed to explain the pandemic restrictions. But streaming companies are still succeeding in releasing a large number of original content by 2020, with Netflix outperforming everyone else. Netflix did say early in the pandemic that the schedule for 2020 will not be affected because most of the work has already been completed. The company did produce many original articles, including some brand new shows from international studios.
I’ve already talked about two international TV series I could not put down 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 one more Netflix origin I’ll add to my list of international Netflix creations, a program that is the French equivalent Ozark.
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Inhuman resources or Drapes in French, the Netflix original was launched in mid-May. It feels like 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 have never managed to see it and kept putting it off. The fact that it is in French may seem like a deterrent to start looking at it. But like any other international original, I would recommend anyone to watch it in the original language. The baptized version will feel wrong and rob these creations of their magic.
Inhuman resources is only six episodes long, a shorter series in line with what you would expect from a European original. That is, the series flies by, and you will want more deliveries as you approach the end.
I will not spoil what happens in this review. I will tell you that the drama falls into the same category as Ozark and Break 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 does not manufacture high-end method at the back of a van, although a van is involved in the story, or was hundreds of millions of dollars in cartels. He is a former middle-aged HR expert who was fired from his post and had to accept essential posts for a few years to get by. This event affected his entire life and strained his relationship with his wife and daughters. At 57, he struggles to pay the bills and does not really hope to get back into his old job. That changes one day when he is called to an interview for an HR job.
Delambre, who is shortlisted for a high-paying position at a large French company, finds out he’s going to be part of a fake hostage situation involving some of the company’s top executives. The CEO wants to determine which one of his lieutenants can be trusted under pressure, as the person will have to handle a very sensitive job in the company. The executives have no idea what they are entitled to. But Delambre has his own plan to hijack the hostage situation to his own advantage.
The show is inspired by a true story, though Inhuman resources is not based on real people or events.
One highlight of the show is Cantona’s performance. Football fans would immediately recognize the name. Eric Cantona is the famous French footballer who had an incredible career in England at Manchester United in the mid-90s. He wore a jersey number 7, which would later go to David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo. But he is also remembered for his quick temper on the field. Cantona was involved in an incident involving a spectator at one point in his career at Manchester. The ‘kung-fu kick’ resulted in a short prison sentence and a ban on the sport. It also ended his career at the French national team level. Cantona eventually retired from football and moved on to acting. One of his first roles was in 1998 Elizabeth biography starring Cate Blanchet.
This brief history of Cantona is relevant to his portrayal of Alain Delambre in Inhuman resources. Cantona is now in his 50s, just like the main character. He is no longer a successful footballer at his best, just as his character is no longer in his best days. But it seems Cantona’s choleric behavior on the field is really bearing fruit. As Delambre becomes desperate, he becomes depressed and violent, which seems to fit Cantona like a glove.
It’s not just the actions of Cantona that make the original Netflix binge-worthy. As in Ozark or Break bad, Delambre’s actions have an impact on everyone around him, and the family drama further reinforces 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 prospective employer) play good supporting characters.
Inhuman resources ends with a great wreath hanger for a second season, though not necessarily necessary. Not to mention the pandemic can make it much harder to film.
Chris Smith started writing about hobbies as a hobby, and before he knew it, he shared his views on technological things with readers around the world. If he does not write about equipment, he can not stay in it, even though he is desperately trying. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing.