3 films to celebrate International Workers’ Day – Come see

When there are hours before much of the world takes a break to commemorate International Workers’ Day, it’s a good opportunity to enjoy, without leaving home, some of the films that have been concerned with portraying the joys. , sadness and various difficulties that occur in the world of work.

From theater to comedy, approaches to this fundamental part of life have left productions of excellent quality. There are stories limited to small, lost places in European geography and stories that are part of the history of labor-management relations on a global scale.

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The Europa Europa channel was established a long time ago and tends to repeat with some frequency “Two days, one night”, a Belgian, French and Italian co-production which takes place in a solar panel factory in the small town of Seraing. The anecdote, very well told by Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne-directors and screenwriters-revolves around Sandra, an employee whose continuity is questioned shortly after having taken a leave of absence due to a depression.

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The problem, which will lead to an ethical problem, is that in his absence his colleagues have to extend their working hours. The company, taking into account the new situation table, offers each worker an additional income of 1000 euros. So far, everything is joy, except for the fact that clearly underlies the new deal: Sandra’s dismissal.

The dilemma is handled intelligently mainly because of the back and forth between the factory and the families of the workers. The film won the Sydney Film Award “for its gracious mastery of storytelling, its dedication to an extremely humanistic ultra-realistic worldview, its essential and courageous commitment to community solidarity and its celebration of the power of women and women’s vitality “.

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Just as “Deux jours, une nuit” tries to express an opinion on an episode involving an ethical position, “Made in Dagenham: a fight for equality” O “Fair payment” as it has been renamed here, it actually addresses a principle of labor law which, in theory at least, is valid in all countries.

This BBC production, directed by Nigel Cole, takes place at Ford’s main factory in the UK. There, in 1968, 55,000 workers were working, of which a small minority, 187, were women. Such a complex then produced 3,000 cars per day.

The film captures the struggle of the handful of workers for better working conditions and the same pay for equal work. Cole’s work is appealing because it includes a special look at the homes of each of the workers and the virulence with which husbands, fathers and brothers have rejected their demands.

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And to celebrate with a smile from ear to ear the fortune of having a job is a comedy, “Fashion trainee”, following in the footsteps of Ben Whittaker (Robert de Niro), 70-year-old pensioner, widower, full of desire and still able to work, who, thanks to these stimulus programs that allow tax breaks, enters the premises of ‘a designer as an intern, Jules, (Anne Hathaway).

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The film directed by Nancy Meyers boldly paints these seemingly irreconcilable worlds of computer nerds and great designers and a retiree from prehistoric work when there were no cell phones or computers.

Of course, and even if at first it seems that all his attempts are doomed to failure, Ben not only finds his place, but also becomes essential.