Heartbeat Detector

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Heartbeat Detector
Original French-language poster
Directed by	Nicolas Klotz
Produced by	Sophie Dulac
Written by	François Emmanuel Elisabeth Perceval
Starring	Mathieu Amalric Michael Lonsdale Edith Scob
Music by	Syd Matters
Cinematography	Josée Deshaies
Editing by	Rose-Marie Lausson
Distributed by	Sophie Dulac Distribution
Release date(s)	September 12, 2007
Running time	143 min
Country	France
Language	French
IMDb profile

Heartbeat Detector is the North American release title for the 2007 French film La Question humaine. It was directed by Nicolas Klotz, and stars Mathieu Amalric, Michael Lonsdale, and Edith Scob.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Performances
4 Festivals
5 External links

[edit] Plot

The movie centers around the actions of a Psychologist who works as an assistant to human resources in a company where he had been plays a major part in restructuring.

His girlfriend doesn't like him smoking. He goes to the archives where he has sexual relations (offscreen) with a woman. Later on he harasses her at a tecno party.

He is told to look into whether the CEO, Jüst, of the company is unfit to do his job by the vicepresident. He thinks a quartet that Jüst was a part of is significant. He tries to investigate this quartet. The CEO discovers he is investigating him and tells him the one who suggested the investigation was involved with the Nazis. A child who was raised by German parents, wherefore the last name Klaus. He finds out the CEO was also involved with the Nazis. The main character has crises of conscience about having fired men judging by age, alcoholism. The CEO gets blackmail letters about his Nazi past. The main character also gets a letter. He traces it to one of the members of the quartet, Arie Neumann, who he then finds at a cafe.