Although the subject matter is not the same, it somewhat reminds me of the "Confessions of a Black-hearted Trader" that I watched before. It is a review and reflection of the financial turmoil in 2008. One is a 24-hour story of an investment bank in the center of the turmoil. This piece is a year of changes in the experience of affected employees in a manufacturing company with a large number of layoffs. They all contrast the different value thinking of old-fashioned labor-making and modern financial games. It's just that the two filmmakers have different perspectives and attitudes, and their film styles and technical skills are also quite different.
This film takes a simple and warm line, and does not have too many words of righteousness or humanistic perspective. It is purely a consolation and encouragement for the unemployed victims, and criticizes the immorality of big business owners through the mouth of the actors. In the end, the way the characters stand up again is also Embracing traditional values to a certain extent and emphasizing the importance of moral conscience, of course, the support of the family behind it is also important. This is a completely different route from Margin Call's dark gray sense of fate.
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