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Zero Fucks Given
A melancholic workplace drama bathed in neon disorientation and cabin glare, capturing the quiet numbness of youth wandering through modern non-places like a solitary passenger stranded in permanent transit.
Zero Fucks Given
Zero Fucks Given

Rien à foutre

02 March 2022 Belgium 115 min 6.3 (461)

Director: Emmanuel Marre, Julie Lecoustre

Cast: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Alexandre Perrier, Mara Taquin, Arthur Egloff, Tamara Al Saadi

Drama Comedy Precarity and Commodification of Emotional Labor Grief, Avoidance, and Flight The Alienation of the "Non-Place" and Digital Detachment The Performance of Femininity and Bodily Surveillance

Zero Fucks Given — Characters & Cast

Character Analysis

Cassandre Wassels

Adèle Exarchopoulos

Archetype: The Drifting Antiheroine / Wounded Seeker Key Trait: Stone-faced stoicism concealing an underlying vulnerability.

Motivation

Escaping the pain of her mother’s death while maintaining emotional numbness.

Character Arc

Begins as an emotionally detached stewardess hiding behind corporate routine; grounded by firing, she confronts family trauma in Belgium before leaping toward upscale corporate ambition in Dubai.

Jean Wassels

Alexandre Perrier

Archetype: The Struggling Mentor / Broken Father Key Trait: Gentle fatigue mixed with administrative defeatism.

Motivation

Preserving what remains of his family unit and processing his grief.

Character Arc

Left behind in Belgium to manage the family's mundane affairs, he is weary and bogged down by bureaucracy, trying gently to reconnect with his estranged daughters.

Mélissa Wassels

Mara Taquin

Archetype: The Mirror / Rebellious Foil Key Trait: Pragmatic, frank, and emotionally grounded.

Motivation

Finding independence and forcing Cassandre to acknowledge the family reality.

Character Arc

Cassandre's younger sister who stayed behind; she channels her own economic precarity into reselling second-hand clothing online, challenging Cassandre's avoidance.

Arthur

Arthur Egloff

Archetype: The Transient Companion Key Trait: Casual, easygoing camaraderie without deep commitment.

Motivation

Navigating the monotonous crew grind while chasing casual pleasure.

Character Arc

Shares the low-cost crew lifestyle alongside Cassandre as a colleague and temporary roommate without undergoing fundamental personal evolution.

Dounia

Tamara Al Saadi

Archetype: The Ambitions Foil Key Trait: Professional diligence and eagerness to please management.

Motivation

Corporate survival and securing career advancement.

Character Arc

Serves as a fellow cabin crew member striving to conform to company expectations and climb the airline hierarchy.

Cast

Adèle Exarchopoulos as Cassandre Wassels
Alexandre Perrier as Jean Wassels
Mara Taquin as Mélissa Wassels
Arthur Egloff as Arthur
Tamara Al Saadi as Dounia
David Martinez Pinon as Base Supervisor
Jean-Benoît Ugeux as L'expect Casse
Jonathan Sawdon as Le passager anglais désagréable
Gilles Alexandre Bussutil as Le recruteur vidéo
Erwan Maillot as Un steward de Wing
Agnieszka Kozaczewska as Formatrice
Marianna Masala as Hôtesse Wing
Blanche Vieillevoye as Hôtesse Wing
Veroline Vanderbeek as Passagère comptoir d'embarquement
Bart Dezdari as Amant Varsovie

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