Dreaming Under Capitalism

Dreaming Under Capitalism

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 12, 2018

Runtime

1h 3m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

66%

Original Title

Rêver sous le capitalisme

Production Companies

alteregofilms

Director

Sophie Bruneau

Description

We know what labour wreaks on the body, but what less visible imprint does it leave on the unconscious? The nights of twelve dreamers – sometimes recounted in front of the camera, sometimes with a voice-over that accompanies shots of office buildings or urban worksites – reveal how the capitalist system invades the modern-day psyche. Long shots of edifices with smooth surfaces and sheer edges instil a deceptive gentleness. Zombies, corpses, mummies, ghosts, skulls sliced open like an egg and emptied by spoonfuls… The images follow one after the other, no two alike, but the editing organises a gradation towards the vampirism and an insidious passage from night to day, from dreams to real working life.