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It's a Free World... (2007)
, 1h36Directed by Ken Loach
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about immigration, Films about the labor movement, La précarité
Actors Kierston Wareing, Raymond Mearns, Branko Tomović
Angie (Kierston Wareing), a young woman frustrated after being fired from her thirtieth dead-end job, decides to set up a recruitment agency of her own, running it from her kitchen with her friend and flatmate Rose (Juliet Ellis). Angie is able to build a successful business, while also dealing with a neglected son who gets in trouble at school and parents who disapprove of her venture. She also has to keep reassuring Rose that they will become legitimate once the business is on a firm financial footing - they do not have a licence, but Angie at least insists on only hiring workers with papers, not illegal immigrants.
Blue Collar (1978)
, 1h54Directed by Paul Schrader
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles, Political films
Actors Harvey Keitel, Richard Pryor, Yaphet Kotto, Ed Begley Jr., Harry Bellaver, George Memmoli
A trio of Detroit auto workers, two black—Zeke Brown (Pryor) and Smokey James (Kotto)—and one white—Jerry Bartowski (Keitel)—are fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass. Coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, the trio hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
, 1h58Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about the labor movement, Political films, Children's films
Actors Walter Pidgeon, Irving Pichel, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp, Roddy McDowall
The film opens with a monologue by an older Huw Morgan (voice by Irving Pichel): "I am packing my belongings in the shawl my mother used to wear when she went to the market. And I'm going from my valley. And this time, I shall never return." The valley and its villages are now blackened by the coal mines that fill the area.
Mac and Me (1988)
, 1h35Directed by Stewart Raffill
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Cooking films, Films about the labor movement, Documentaire sur la cuisine, Comedy science fiction films, Documentary films about business, Documentaire sur la malbouffe, Documentaire sur le monde du travail, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about disabilities, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Christine Ebersole, Jonathan Ward, Jade Calegory, Tina Caspary, Joe Maggard, Nikki Cox
A NASA spacecraft has landed on an unknown planet and begins to take rock and soil samples. Four aliens discover it and are sucked up through its vacuum, after which it makes its way back to Earth. The aliens are able to escape from a military base by using their powers (with which they can destroy or heal anything they touch). During the escape, the youngest one hides in a passing van, occupied by a wheelchair-bound boy named Eric Cruise, his older brother, Michael, and their single mother, Janet, who are moving to California from Illinois.
A Whole Life Ahead (2008)
, 1h29Directed by Paolo Virzì
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Isabella Ragonese, Micaela Ramazzotti, Sabrina Ferilli, Valerio Mastandrea, Massimo Ghini, Elio Germano
The events of a freshly graduated young woman in the universe of precarious work.
Of Mice and Men (1992)
, 1h46Directed by Gary Sinise
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about the labor movement, Teen movie
Actors John Malkovich, Gary Sinise, Ray Walston, Casey Siemaszko, Sherilyn Fenn, John Terry
During the Great Depression, the quick-witted George Milton (Gary Sinise) looks after his physically strong companion, Lennie Small (John Malkovich), who is also mentally disabled. The two are fleeing from their previous employment as workmen in Weed, California. Other farmers chase them after Lennie was accused of attempted rape when he touched and held onto a young woman (Moira Harris) and her pretty red dress, prompted by his love of stroking soft things. George and Lennie escape, hop on board a train, and obtain work passes from a new town. A bus was supposed to transport them to a new ranch for work, but the bus driver drops the two off 10 miles beforehand. While walking down the road to the ranch, George gets aggravated by Lennie's incessant questioning about where they are going, since he easily forgot three times. George then catches Lennie petting a dead mouse he accidentally killed while stroking it too hard since he never knows his own muscular strength. Despite Lennie's pleas to keep the dead mouse and his claims that he did not kill it, George takes it away and throws it, causing Lennie to cry. George, showing sympathy, tells him he will probably get him a puppy.
L.627 (1992)
, 2h25Directed by Bertrand Tavernier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Films about the labor movement, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Jean-Paul Comart, Charlotte Kady, Jean-Roger Milo, Didier Bezace, Nils Tavernier, Philippe Torreton
Lucien Marguet, surnommé « Lulu », est un enquêteur de deuxième classe de la police judiciaire. C'est un policier de terrain, passionné par son travail quitte à y sacrifier parfois sa vie de famille.
, 1h51Directed by Coline Serreau
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Films about families, Films about racism, Films about the labor movement, Films about marriage
Actors Daniel Auteuil, Firmine Richard, Pierre Vernier, Maxime Leroux, Gilles Privat, Catherine Salviat
Romuald Blindet est le PDG de l'entreprise de produits laitiers Blanlait. Juliette Bonaventure, antillaise, est la femme de ménage de l'immeuble où se trouve la société. Elle élève seule ses cinq enfants dans une cité HLM. Elle découvre par hasard que le staff de Romuald est impliqué dans une louche affaire boursière et d'empoisonnement des yaourts. Elle en informe Romuald qui ne prend d'abord pas au sérieux les accusations d'une simple femme de ménage, d'autant plus qu'elle accuse également l'épouse de Romuald de le tromper (sans lui reprocher pour autant d'avoir lui-même une liaison avec sa secrétaire). Découvrant le pot aux roses, Romuald, traqué par la Brigade financière, se réfugie chez Juliette et sollicite son aide pour prouver son innocence. Juliette accepte et regarde sans mot dire Romuald prendre ses aises chez elle sans lever le petit doigt pour l'aider au quotidien. Blanchi de toute accusation, il repart, laissant quelques billets sur la table. Juliette veut faire appel à lui pour l'aider à sortir de prison son fils aîné impliqué dans un trafic de drogue. Mais Romuald est parti aux États-Unis pour plusieurs semaines et sa nouvelle secrétaire, raciste, ne transmet pas le message. Quand Romuald revient, c'est le temps des découvertes : l'identité de l'amant de sa femme, l'idiotie mesquine de sa secrétaire, son amour pour Juliette. Il la demande en mariage mais elle le repousse en lui débitant ses quatre vérités. Romuald joue finement en se mettant les enfants de Juliette dans la poche. Juliette finit par céder et tout se finit à la mairie devant une assemblée bourgeoise stupéfaite de cette union entre deux êtres que tout, a priori, séparait.
The Ax (2005)
, 2h2Directed by Costa-Gavras
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about the labor movement, La précarité, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors José Garcia, Karin Viard, Olivier Gourmet, Geordy Monfils, Christa Theret, Ulrich Tukur
The 39-year-old chemist Bruno Davert has been working for a Belgian paper mill for 15 years, improving products and saving money for the shareholders. One day, the company announces that it is forced to "downsize", so 600 staff are laid off and many of their jobs are instead outsourced to a company in Romania. The result is a 16% increase in dividends to the company shareholders.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (2011)
, 1h47Directed by Robert Guédiguian
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Poésie, La provence, Films about the labor movement, Adaptation d'un poème
Actors Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Marilyne Canto, Anaïs Demoustier
Michel (Jean-Pierre Darroussin), lives happily with Marie-Claire (Ariane Ascaride), his wife of nearly 30 years. A dedicated CGT (General Confederation of Labour) trade unionist, he is charged with calling out the names in a draw in the shipyard to select who will be among the 20 workers to be made redundant. Though he did not need to place his own name in the bin, he did so and it is drawn, and so he loses his job along with the 19 others.
The Company Men (2010)
, 1h44Directed by John Wells
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Maria Bello, Rosemarie DeWitt
When the multi-billion dollar publicly held shipbuilding corporation Global Transportation Systems, or GTX, is downsized in the midst of the recession, many employees are fired, including Bobby Walker (Ben Affleck). Walker is a white-collar, corporate ladder-climbing employee with a six-figure salary, a wife, and a teenage son and younger daughter.
, 1h49Directed by Alex Gibney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about the labor movement, Documentary films about business, Documentaire sur le monde du travail
Actors Peter Coyote, Arnold Schwarzenegger
The film begins with a profile of Kenneth Lay, who founded Enron in 1985. Two years after its founding, the company becomes embroiled in scandal after two traders begin betting on the oil markets, resulting in suspiciously consistent profits. One of the traders, Louis Borget, is also discovered to be diverting company money to offshore accounts. After auditors uncover their schemes, Lay encourages them to "keep making us millions". However, the traders are fired after it is revealed that they gambled away Enron's reserves; the company is narrowly saved from bankruptcy by the timely intervention of executive Mike Muckleroy, who managed to bluff the market long enough to recover Borget's trading losses and prevent a margin call. After these facts are brought to light, Lay denies having any knowledge of wrongdoing.
Madame Irma (2006)
, 1h37Directed by Didier Bourdon, Yves Fajnberg
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about the labor movement, L'usurpation d'identité, La précarité, Transgender in film, Escroquerie, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Didier Bourdon, Pascal Légitimus, Arly Jover, Catherine Mouchet, Julie Ferrier, Yoann Denaive
Francis, a recently laid-off CEO, takes up dressing up as a woman Romanian fortune-teller to earn money.
The Corporation (2003)
, 2h25Directed by Jennifer Abbott, Mark Achbar
Origin Canada
Genres Documentary
Themes Environmental films, Medical-themed films, La mondialisation, Films about the labor movement, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about politics, Documentary films about health care, Documentaire sur le monde du travail, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films
Actors Michael Moore, Naomi Klein
The documentary shows the development of the contemporary business corporation, from a legal entity that originated as a government-chartered institution meant to affect specific public functions to the rise of the modern commercial institution entitled to most of the legal rights of a person. The documentary concentrates mostly upon North American corporations, especially those in the United States. One theme is its assessment of corporations as persons, as a result of an 1886 case in the United States Supreme Court in which a statement by Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite led to corporations as "persons" having the same rights as human beings, based on the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
On the Town (1949)
, 1h38Directed by Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Jules Munshin, Ann Miller, Betty Garrett, Judy Holliday
As three sailors – Gabey, Chip, and Ozzie – begin their shore leave, Gabey falls in love with the picture of "Miss Turnstiles", who is actually Ivy Smith. The sailors race around New York attempting to find her in the brief period they have ("New York, New York").