Numéro une

In Paris, the executive Emmanuelle Blachey (Emmanuelle Devos) works at an aeolic energy company and is doing business with the Chinese. She speaks Mandarin and is aware of their culture; therefore, the Chinese businessmen like doing business with her. She is married with the also executive Gary Adams (John Lynch) with a young daughter and an adult son. She has many tasks as executive, mother and wife and sleeps only four hours a day. When a feminist group led by the lobbyist Adrienne Postel-Devaux (Francine Bergé) and Véra Jacob (Suzanne Clément) invites her to be the next president of the Anthéa, a governmental water and basic sanitation company from the CAC 40, she is reluctant in principle. But soon she accepts the proposal and has to face the misogyny of the powerful and influential Jean Beaumel (Richard Berry) and his unethical assistant Marc Ronsin (Benjamin Biolay). Beaumel is a former president of Anthéa that has embezzled 800.000 Euros and hidden from the contributors and will play dirty to force Blachey to give up.

"Numéro une", a.k.a. "Number One" (2017), is a film with an interesting theme, the war of sex in business. Emmanuelle Devos has a great performance and convinces as a high-executive, mother and wife. Unfortunately, the movie is cold and does not engage the viewer with the story. The plot has a tedious pace and never holds the attention of the viewer. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "A Número Um" ("The Number One")