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The Wages of Fear (1953)
, 2h21Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles, Trucker films, Road movies
Actors Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Folco Lulli, Véra Clouzot, Darío Moreno
Frenchmen Mario and Jo, Dutchman Bimba and Italian Luigi are stuck in the isolated Southern Mexican town of Las Piedras. Surrounded by desert, the town is linked to the outside world only by a small airport, but the airfare is beyond the means of the men. There is little opportunity for employment aside from the American corporation that dominates the town, Southern Oil Company (SOC), which operates the nearby oil fields and owns a walled compound within the town. SOC is suspected of unethical practices such as exploiting local workers and taking the law into its own hands, but the townspeople's dependence upon it is such that they suffer in silence.
La Pointe Courte (1956)
, 1h29Directed by Agnès Varda
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Silvia Monfort, Philippe Noiret, Sandrine Bonnaire
A young man (Philippe Noiret) arrives at a train station to see his wife. After four years of marriage the couple are having problems of a somewhat existential nature--the wife loves her husband, but is thinking of leaving him (he had an affair some time back, but her problem is not jealousy so much as questioning the very nature of love itself). The couple discuss their lives, and become resigned to the fact that they belong together, even if their love has changed. They return to Paris, the wife now better understanding her husband's nature because she's seen his hometown. As this drama unfolds, we see the lives of the poor but proud people living there; fishermen wanting to harvest shellfish from a small lagoon they have been forbidden to use because of an alleged problem with bacteria, a small child dies of an unknown illness, a young man wins the right to court the 16-year-old daughter of a neighbor, after proving himself in a local aquatic jousting tournament.
Greed in the Sun (1964)
, 2h10Directed by Henri Verneuil
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles, Trucker films, Road movies, Buddy films, Chase films
Actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Lino Ventura, Bernard Blier, Reginald Kernan, Gert Fröbe, Henri Verneuil
Dans un endroit du sud marocain et du Sahara espagnol à l'approche des années 1960, Castagliano qui est un patron aux méthodes douteuses et surnommé « la Betterave » à cause de son diabète, dirige d'une main de fer une entreprise de transport routier dont il exploite les employés. Il engage John Steiner, un routier « mexicain » soi-disant né à Saltillo pour conduire sur 2 000 km vers le sud un véhicule articulé Berliet rouge flambant neuf, affrété d'un mystérieux chargement d'une valeur déclarée de 100 000 dollars, direction Moussorah. Pendant une conversation téléphonique entre Castagliano et son client, on apprend qu'il a engagé Steiner la veille pour qu'il en sache le moins possible sur ce camion.
Time to Live (1969)
, 1h45Directed by Bernard Paul
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes La provence, Films about the labor movement
Actors Marina Vlady, Frédéric de Pasquale, Catherine Allégret, Françoise Godde, Yves Afonso, Éric Damain
Louis, un ouvrier maçon rémunéré à la tâche, fait constamment des heures supplémentaires pour apporter à sa famille qui habite une HLM de Martigues le confort auquel chacun aspire. Paradoxe de notre société, cela ne lui laisse plus guère de temps pour se consacrer à sa femme Marie et à ses enfants, Jean-Marc et la petite Corinne. Le couple souffre de ce temps absent et, faute de ne pas suffisamment communiquer, rencontre des difficultés relationnelles. Marie, en établissant un sérieux contact avec le professeur de son fils, va à la fois s'ouvrir à la culture et sauver son couple avec une relation conjugale différente et une nouvelle organisation sociale.
Lovers of Paris (1957)
, 1h55Directed by Julien Duvivier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Gérard Philipe, Danielle Darrieux, Dany Carrel, Jane Marken, Jacques Duby, Olivier Hussenot
A young provincial, Octave Mouret, arrives in Paris during the Second Empire. Madame Josserand, a society woman who thinks of little other than marrying off her daughter Berthe, sets her sights on him. But Octave has already turned his attention to the married Madame Hédouin, who runs a large department store, "Au Bonheur des Dames", where he is hired as a salesman. She is beautiful, but remains distant despite Octave's efforts to be noticed. Upset, Madame Josserand forces Berthe, against her will, to marry Auguste Vabre, a shopkeeper with little money. Berthe soon becomes Octave's mistress, and Octave applies his commercial talents to straightening out Auguste's finances. Madame Hédouin, now widowed, then realizes the business and romantic possibilities with her handsome young salesman.
Boxcar Bertha (1972)
, 1h28Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy-drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles, Rail transport films, Political films, Road movies, Gangster films
Actors Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus, John Carradine, Bernie Casey, Harry Northup
The story of Bertha Thompson (played by Barbara Hershey) and "Big" Bill Shelly (played by David Carradine), two train robbers and lovers who are caught up in the plight of railroad workers in the American South. When Bertha is implicated in the murder of a wealthy gambler, the pair become fugitives.
The Big Store (1973)
, 1h20Directed by Claude Zidi, Denys Granier-Deferre
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes La banlieue française, Films about the labor movement
Actors Gérard Rinaldi, Jean-Guy Fechner, Michel Galabru, Michel Serrault, Jean Sarrus, Gérard Filippelli
Jean, Phil, Gérard et Jean-Guy sont quatre copains qui habitent la même barre HLM. Ils préfèrent davantage boire un coup au bistrot d'Émile que d'aller travailler à l'usine de tondeuse à gazon. Ils ne tardent pas à se faire renvoyer à cause de leur manque de professionnalisme. Émile les aide à retrouver de petits boulots : Gérard fait visiter des appartements, Jean livre le lait, Jean-Guy répare une voiture et Phil distribue des tracts. Mais lorsque le commerce d'Émile est menacé par l'ouverture d'Euromarché situé en face, les quatre amis vont tout faire pour l'aider...
, 1h29Directed by Karel Reisz
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts, Hylda Baker, Norman Rossington, Peter Madden
Arthur Seaton is a young machinist at a Nottingham factory. He is determined not to be tied down to living a life of domestic drudgery like the people around him, including his parents, whom he describes as "dead from the neck up". He spends his wages at weekends on drinking and having a good time.
The Servant (1963)
, 1h56Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, James Fox, Wendy Craig, Catherine Lacey, Patrick Magee
Tony (James Fox), a wealthy young Londoner, hires Hugo Barrett (Dirk Bogarde) as his manservant. Initially, Barrett appears to take easily to his new job, and he and Tony form a quiet bond, retaining their social roles. Relationships begin shifting, however, and they change with the introduction of Susan (Wendy Craig), Tony's girlfriend, who seems to be suspicious of Barrett and to loathe all he represents. Barrett brings Vera (Sarah Miles), whom he presents as his sister, into Tony's household as a maidservant, but it emerges that Vera is actually Barrett's lover. Through Barrett's and Vera's games and machinations, they reverse roles with Tony and Susan; Tony becomes more and more dissipated, sinking further into what he perceives as their level, as the "master" and the "servant" exchange roles. In the final scene, Tony has become wholly dependent on Barrett, and Susan is exiled permanently from the house.
The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
, 2h23Directed by Bryan Forbes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Musical theatre, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Films about music and musicians, Films about the labor movement, Les fées, Musical films, Political films, Children's films, Films about royalty
Actors Gemma Craven, Richard Chamberlain, John Turner, Michael Hordern, Edith Evans, Margaret Lockwood
This is a musical twist on the classic love story of Cinderella and Prince Charming. Prince Edward of Euphrania returns home after being sent to meet the princess Selena, whom his parents have arranged for him to marry. However, The Prince reveals he did not propose to the princess he was visiting, and angrily denounces arranged marriages ("Why Can't I Be Two People?"). Edward decides to tell his parents that he wants to marry for love. They, however, are more interested in the political side ("What Has Love Got to Do with Being Married?"). They fail to sway the prince, however.
The Discord (1978)
, 1h37Directed by Claude Zidi
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Louis de Funès, Annie Girardot, Maurice Risch, Julien Guiomar, Geneviève Fontanel, Jean-Jacques Moreau
Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze, maire libéral-conservateur d'une ville de province, est un industriel au bord de la faillite quand son usine, spécialisée dans la lutte anti-pollution, obtient d'un groupe japonais une commande énorme qui peut sauver son entreprise : 3 000 appareils de dépollution de l'air, les CX‑22, à livrer sous 90 jours. Mais il manque d'espace pour produire et stocker ces appareils car l'usine est sous-dimensionnée.
, 2h5Directed by Elio Petri
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Themes Films about the labor movement, Political films
Actors Gian Maria Volonté, Mariangela Melato, Salvo Randone, Gino Pernice, Luigi Diberti, Renata Zamengo
Lulu Massa is a reliable and dedicated factory worker but then he loses a finger due to a work accident. He lets himself get agitated by communistic students and becomes an agitator himself. His employer fires him for supporting those students but they refuse to acknowledge responsibility. The trade union, although having resented his previous aggressivity, achieves to get him back into his old job. At night Lulu has a dream where he breaks through a wall and there's nothing behind it.
Handsome Face (1972)
, 1h40Directed by Bernard Paul
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about the labor movement, Political films
Actors Luigi Diberti, Dominique Labourier, Catherine Allégret, Massimo Serato, Jean-Claude Dauphin, Jean Dasté
In a region in the east of France, Pierrette, (Dominique Labourier), a young mill worker devotes herself totally to her trade union activity even to the detriment of her private life. She has separated from her husband and left her child in the care of a relative. Two men enter into her life. She crosses first the path of an émigré Italian, nicknamed Beau Masque, (Luigi Diberti), a truck driver. Then, at the time of a dance organised by the French Communist Party, she makes the acquaintance of Philippe Letourneau (Jean-Claude Dauphin), the factory director. He is the young 'son of the family', pushed into the business by his parents who are majority shareholders. Though attracted to Philippe, Pierrette takes no action, not wanting to compromise her union activity. It is with Beau Masque that she begins a relationship. But a wave of redundancies, that the director does not control, is going to throw the protagonists towards a final drama.
Exterior Night (1980)
, 1h30Directed by Jacques Bral
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles
Actors Gérard Lanvin, Christine Boisson, André Dussollier, Élisabeth Margoni, Henri-Jacques Huet
Léo, un musicien de jazz qui pour vivre travaille à écrire des fonds musicaux pour des agences de publicités et vit chez ses copines successives, décide un matin de déprime de plaquer celle du moment. Il s'impose, plus qu'il ne demande asile, chez Bony un vieil ami de son âge rencontré un soir sur les barricades de mai 1968 et devenu un écrivain en panne d'inspiration. Pour oublier sa condition, il emmène Bony dans des virées nocturnes à boire des tournées dans les bars parisiens. Un soir que Bony l'a laissé à sa dérive, Léo rentre en taxi. Il est conduit par une chauffeuse qui devant l'air triste de son charmant client vient s'assoir à côté de lui et tarifie sa course par un moment d'amour sur la banquette arrière.
Hassan Taxi (1982)
, 1h50Directed by Mohamed Slim Riad
Origin Algerie
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles
Actors Rouiched, Robert Castel, Lucette Sahuquet, Sid Ali Kouiret, Ouardia Hamtouche
Hassen, fatigué, usé par les longues années de post-indépendance obtient en tant qu’ancien combattant, une licence de taxi, il sillonnera les rues d’Alger et vivra les aventures les plus rocambolesques.