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The Ax
Le Couperet
2005 · Film · 118 min
Directed by Costa-Gavras
Bruno loved his job as a middle manager at a paper company, but optimistically views being laid off as an opportunity. After two years of searching for a comparable position, optimism turns to desperation. His wife works two jobs, and their marriage slowly deteriorates as their hold on the middle class slips away. Bruno concocts a grimly audacious plan to identify and kill his fellow job applicants so that he is the only qualified person left.
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That remind me of The Ax [0]
[0] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422015/
Given that only the living qualify for a Nobel prize,
Given that leaks demonstrably occur,
Given human nature,
Given at most 3 can share a Nobel Prize,
It is not a question of "if" but "when" eventually a fourth wheel scientist risks being assassinated if consideration of topics for a prize leaks substantially beforehand. Perpetrators could include candidates, but also nationalists (for prestige) of any rank (civilians, national security employees, ...).
Perhaps a topic for a film school student? A bizarre cross between "Don't look up" and the French film "Le couperet", with elements of film noir.
To make it extra bizarre, have the invention be resurrection technology.