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Squash is a 2002 French live action short film directed by Lionel Bailliu. It depicts a squash match between a company executive and a subordinate, gradually revealing the game as an instrument of intimidation, humiliation, and workplace coercion rather than ordinary recreation. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film, and Bailliu later expanded its central ideas about corporate competition and abuse of power into the 2006 feature Fair Play.
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What is Squash about?
Squash depicts a match between a company executive and a subordinate. The game gradually becomes a tool for intimidation, humiliation, and workplace coercion.
Who directed the short film Squash?
Squash was directed by Lionel Bailliu. It is a 2002 French live-action short film.
Is Squash really a sports film?
The film uses a squash match as its central setting, but its subject is workplace power rather than sport. The court becomes a controlled space where the executive pressures the subordinate.
What makes Squash unsettling?
The match begins as an apparently ordinary recreation but reveals a coercive power relationship. The contrast between the game's rules and the boss's humiliation tactics creates the film's tension.
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