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The Asembly Line

The Asembly Line

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 5, 2023

Runtime

1h 57m

Genres

Drama

User Score

68%

Original Title

L'Établi

Production Companies

France 2 Cinéma, Karé Productions, SCOPE Pictures, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma

Director

Mathias Gokalp

Budget

$4,490,000

Description

A few months after May '68, Robert, a graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure and a far-left activist, decides to get a job at Citroën as a line worker. Like other comrades, he wants to infiltrate the factory to rekindle the revolutionary fire, but the majority of workers no longer want to hear about politics. When Citroën decides to pay back the Grenelle Agreements by requiring workers to work 3 hours overtime per week for free, Robert and some others see the possibility of a social movement.