Agate has just found her first job, with a large company. Working
under the dreaded boss Fée K, she must learn to share an office
with five colleagues. Under the influence of Fée K, Agate
becomes increasingly dehumanised and, as she shins up the greasy pole,
she is slowly transformed into the thing she hates
most...
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
At the time of the Nazi Occupation of France during WWII, the German-run company Continental produced some of the finest films made in France in the 1940s.
A wave of fresh talent in the late 1950s, early 1960s brought about a dramatic renaissance in French cinema, placing the auteur at the core of France's 7th art.