Anno di produzione: 1999

Stato del film: Catalogo

Paese d'origine: France UK
Genere: Drama
Lingue: French
Plot: The 35-hour work week has all of France in its thrall. Filmmaker Laurent Cantet has taken this economic touchstone and turned it into a fascinating first feature about economic and familial politics. Frank, a business school graduate, returns to his provincial hometown to take a management position in the factory where his father has been working for 30 years. First Frank makes the mistake of actually asking the workers on the assembly line for their opinions. Then upper management manipulates his findings to lay off employees. This creates a huge rift, not only between labor and management, but between father and son. Using a realistic style of shooting and a cast of mostly non-professionals, Cantet creates a human morality tale that is overpowering in its evocation of paternal and filial love, and illustrates the personal risk behind political ideas.
Visti censura internazionale: Sweden:Btl France:U Argentina:Atp
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