Twelve chairmen of large french companies (L’Oréal, Thomson-Brandt, Elf-Erap, IBM-France, Darty, Le Club Med, Paribas…) talk about power, command, hierarchy, trade unions, strikes… The image of a future world dominated by finance is gradually sketched out.
Camera François Catonné, Gilbert Duhalde, Jean Monsigny, Jean-Paul Schwartz, and occasionally Jean Achache, Yves Agostini, Daniel Barrau, Renato Berta, Arthur Cloquet, Eric Dumage, Dominique Fondacci, François Lartigue, Yvon Marciano, Dominique Mazuet, François Plegades, Yves Pouffary, Jean-Henri Roger, Alain Thiollet, Anne Trigaux • Video Suzel Galliard • Sound Yves Allard, Pierre Befve, Robert Boner, Titou Charrière, Auguste Galli, Pierre Gamet, Michel Kharat, Luc Yersin, Richard Zolfo • Editind Charlotte Boisgeol, assisted by Julietta Roulet • Mix Pierre Gamet • Stills Georges Azenstarck, Marcel Lorre • Production Management François Vantrou, Vincent Gourlat • Production Thierry Garrel, Louisette Neil (INA) and Gérard Guérin (Laura Productions) • A coproduction Institut National de l’Audiovisuel et Laura Productions • With the participation of SERDAV-CNRS and Centre National de la Cinématographie.
With Michel Barba (Richier) • Jean-Claude Boussac (Boussac) • Guy Brana (Thomson-Brandt) • François Dalle (L’Oréal) • Bernard Darty (Darty) • Jacques de Fouchier (Paribas) • Alain Gomez (Saint-Gobain Emballages) • Francine Gomez (Waterman) • Daniel Lebard (Comptoir Lyon Alemand Louyot) • Jacques Lemonnier (IBM-France) • Raymond Lévy (Elf Aquitaine) • Gilbert Trigano (Club Méditerranée)
Distribution France & ventes internationales : Institut National de l’Audiovisuel.
French release : february 1979.