Tokyo Shaking

Alexandra is a manager for the Tokyo branch of a major French investment bank. When the tsunami strikes Fukushima, she is called upon to manage the crisis that threatens Tokyo by her imperious director. With her husband demanding that she flee Tokyo with their children, she struggles to adapt to the unfolding situation. The film ambitiously presents several themes - women in management, workplace solidarity, cross-cultural interactions, parenting during a crisis, and crisis management itself. Viard is in excellent form as she copes with an untenable situation made worse by her director's decisions. The intense experience of a disaster unfolding is exceptionally well presented in a realistic story of corporate culture clashing with human values.