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Synopsis: Eight talented candidates have reached the final stage of selection to join the ranks of a mysterious and powerful corporation. Entering a windowless room, an Invigilator gives them eighty minutes to answer one simple question. He outlines three rules they must obey or be disqualified: don't talk to him or the armed guard by the door, don't spoil their papers and don't leave the room. He starts the clock and leaves. The candidates turn over their question papers, only to find they're completely blank. After the initial confusion has subsided, one frustrated candidate writes 'I believe I deserve...,' and is promptly ejected for spoiling. The remaining candidates soon figure out they're permitted to talk to each other, and they agree to cooperate in order to figure out the question: then they can compete to answer it. At first they suspect the question may be hidden in their papers like a security marker in a credit card, and they figure out ways to change their environment to expose the
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Director(s): Stuart Hazeldine
Production: Bedlam Productions
  Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
63%
NOT RATED
Year:
2009
101 min
Website
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I'm through with this.

Ready?

Don't cry, darling.

You were a passenger in here

anyway.

You f***ed your way

to the top.

Then I saved your life.

Well, anyone can

make a mistake.

Lights out!

Lights on!

Toujours y voir clairement

est primordial.

"To see clearly is all. "

Well?.

You said there's one answer,

and you're looking at him!

I've done everything!

I've made everything happen

in here,

and she's done nothing!

It's me!

I'm the one you want!

I'm the one you want!

If you try to communicate

with myself or the guard,

you will be disqualified.

Oh, that's it.

Join in at last.

Deaf but not dumb, eh?

There is one question

before you,

and one answer is required.

Ready?

Answers?

That's what you've been

holding back?

That's your big secret?

You still don't get it,

do you?

What is it?

Where is it?

The question?

What is the purpose

of this exam?

The question?

What is it, then?

Tell us.

What does it matter?

You really think

he's behind there?

He's lived behind walls

for years.

How do you know all this?

What are you saying?

That they rigged the test

to bring us all together?

Is there something

you want to tell us?

It's a piece of paper.

No, this is more than that

now, isn't it?

If we can't see it,

how are we

supposed to find it?

What if the question

is written down?

We just can't see it.

What if it reveals

the question too?.

They're not gonna make it

that easy, are they?

How hard can they afford

to make it?

So has anyone

figured out the answer yet?

It's not about the answer.

It's about the question.

What is the question?

What is the question?

Any questions?

No.

That's the answer you wanted

to the first question

asked of us.

The only question

asked of you.

I almost missed it too.

Almost.

As it is, we're happy

to be hiring someone today.

I haven't accepted yet.

You wouldn't

have participated

if you didn't want the job.

That was before,

before all this.

Now it's over.

I have questions.

Questions?

More than one.

Ask.

You don't look like him.

Any suit can play the CEO

for shareholders

and the media.

Our founder

isn't a businessman.

He has no interest in fame.

It's too bad.

That was some performance.

What makes you think

it was a performance?

Our founder is a scientist,

an innovator.

He's very particular

about those he invites

to work with him,

especially when it comes to

the most important

hiring decision

he's ever had to make.

Important enough

to kill for?

What makes you think

he's dead?

While searching for the cure,

we stumbled upon something

far more powerful.

Rapid cell regeneration...

in a pill.

It eradicates the virus

and other stubborn mutations.

Magic bullet.

Gift of life for millions.

Such a breakthrough

creates unanticipated dilemmas,

too great for any one man

to bear.

People are going

to need this product.

We can only produce so much

at a time.

Tough decisions

are gonna have to be made

by a wise administrator,

someone who combines

a listening disposition

with attention to detail

and a compassion

for her fellow man.

If you are still interested.

ll est revenu.

He is...

risen.

Let's get started.

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Stuart Hazeldine

Stuart Hazeldine (born 10 June 1971 in Surrey, England) is a British screenwriter, film producer and director. He is best known for his 2009 psychological thriller Exam, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. He also directed the 2017 film adaptation of William P. Young's novel The Shack. He currently resides in London. more…

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