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6.4

Animal Factory

October 2000 •English

Suburbanite Ron is spoiled, young and not overly worried about the marijuana charges leveled against him. But, after being made out to be a drug dealer, he faces a five-year jail sentence in San Quentin State Prison. Physically frail and unaccustomed to his rough surroundings, Ron is primed to fall victim to sexual predators and bullying guards – that is, until he's befriended by Earl, a veteran inmate who finds meaning in protecting the vulnerable new kid.

7.5

Happiness

October 1998 •English

The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.

5.3

Follow You Follow Me

October 1979 •English

When a work-related dispute erupts between their fathers, the friendship of teenagers Joseph and Peter is put under strain.

6.8

Man of Iron

July 1981 •Polish

In Warsaw in 1980, the Communist Party sends disgruntled radio reporter Winkel to Gdańsk to dig up dirt on the shipyard strikers - particularly on Maciek Tomczyk, an independent labour union leader whose father was killed in the December 1970 protests. Posing as sympathetic, Winkel interviews the people surrounding Tomczyk, including his detained wife, Agnieszka.

7.6

Gandhi

December 1982 •English

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.

7.6

Billy Elliot

September 2000 •English

County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.

7.5

Güeros

April 2014 •Spanish

Set amidst the 1999 student strikes in Mexico City, this coming-of-age tale finds two brothers venturing through the city in a sentimental search for an aging legendary musician. Shot in black-and-white, Güeros brims with youthful exuberance.

6.6

Tout Va Bien

April 1972 •French

A strike at a French sausage factory contributes to the estrangement of a married filmmaker and his reporter wife.

5.4

Little Accidents

April 2014 •English

In a small American coal town living in the shadow of a recent mining accident, the disappearance of a teenage boy draws three people together—a surviving miner, the lonely wife of a mine executive, and a local boy—in a web of secrets.

6.5

A Room in Town

October 1982 •French

Set against the backdrop of an increasingly violent strike, a worker falls in love with the middle-class daughter of his landlady.

5.4

Lady Caliph

December 1970 •Italian

La Califfa's husband was killed during the strikes so she takes the side of the strikers. Her conflict with the plant owner Doverdo gradually turns into a love relationship.

7.3

Punyalan Agarbattis

November 2013 •Malayalam

Punyalan Agarbattis is the story of Joy Thakkolkaran, a young entrepreuner from Thrissur. His new business venture 'Punyalan Agarbattis' involves manufacturing agarbattis from elephant dung. Fragrance and quality of his incense sticks aside, its mosquito repellant capabilities too have pleased those who tried the samples. However, Joy suddenly has a new set of people and problems as 'Punyalan Agarbattis' comes to a halt.

5.4

Atlas Shrugged: Part I

April 2011 •English

A powerful railroad executive, Dagny Taggart, struggles to keep her business alive while society is crumbling around her. Based on the 1957 novel by Ayn Rand.

5.6

Wedding Wars

December 2006 •English

In the midst of organizing his brother Ben's wedding, Shel, a gay party planner, decides to go on strike for equal rights when he learns that Ben is behind a political speech against gay marriage.

6.4

Karanlıkta Uyananlar

January 1964 •Turkish

A group of paint worker can’t take their salary from the fabricator and they go on strike.

7.3

The Valley of Decision

May 1945 •English

Mary Rafferty comes from a poor family of steel mill workers in 19th Century Pittsburgh. Her family objects when she goes to work as a maid for the wealthy Scott family which controls the mill. Mary catches the attention of handsome scion Paul Scott, but their romance is complicated by Paul's engagement to someone else and a bitter strike among the mill workers.

7.3

Strike

April 1925 •Russian

Workers in a factory in pre-revolutionary Russia go on strike and are met by violent suppression.

6.7

Made in Dagenham

October 2010 •English

A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.

0.0

May 68

June 2023 •French

The insurrectionary atmosphere of May 68, four young people try to evolve in their respective circles despite the conflicts. Lucien, a writer in the making, recounts what he sees and experiences.

7.2

Cart

November 2014 •Korean

In response to a sudden dismissal of staff, workers at a big retail store begin a protest against their employer's oppressive labor policies.

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Cast

Lica Gheorghiu

Colea Răutu

George Calboreanu

Ștefan Ciubotărașu

Ilarion Ciobanu

Fory Etterle

George Motoi

Boris Ciornei

Costel Constantinescu

Toma Dimitriu

Dumitru Furdui

Dinu Gherasim

Gheorghe Măruță

Draga Olteanu Matei

Constantin Rauțchi

Willy Ronea

Sandu Sticlaru

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