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Fear and Trembling (2003)

107m; France

Director: Alain Corneau

Cast: Sylvie Testud, Kaori Tsuji and Tarô Suwa

Synopsis: A Belgian woman looks back on her year at a Japanese corporation in Tokyo in 1990. She is Amélie, born in Japan, living there until age 5. After college graduation, she returns with a one-year contract as an interpreter. The vice president and section leader, both men, are boors, but her immediate supervisor, Ms. Mori, is beautiful and trustworthy. Amélie’s downfall begins when she speaks perfect Japanese to clients. She compounds her failure by writing an excellent report for an enterprising colleague. The person she least expects to stab her in the back exposes her work. Thus begins her humiliations. What can become of her and of her relationship with Ms. Mori and with Japan?

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Posted by Metro Council on February 21, 2012 in Comedy, Drama, Service Workers, Women, Working Class

Fight Club (1999)

21 Feb

139m; U.S.

Director: David Fincher

Cast: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter

Synopsis (IMDB): An office employee and a soap salesman build a global organization to help vent male aggression.

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Posted by Metro Council on February 21, 2012 in Comedy, Drama

Fired! (2007)

21 Feb

71m; U.S.

Director: Chris Bradley

Synopsis: Annabelle Gurwitch’s first-person take on getting the axe.

Contact: spink@benderspink.com (agent) Annabelle Gurwitch WheresPetey@aol.com

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Posted by Metro Council on February 21, 2012 in Comedy, Documentary, Working Class

Born in East L.A. (1987)

31 Jan

85m; U.S.

Director: Cheech Marin

Cast: Cheech Marin, Daniel Stern and Paul Rodriguez

Synopsis (IMDB): Rudy is an American of Mexican descent who is caught up in an immigration raid on a factory. Deported to Mexico as an illegal immigrant, he has no way of proving that he is in fact an American citizen, and is forced to rely on his cunning to sneak his way back home.

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Posted by iwwggrandson on January 31, 2012 in Comedy, Immigrants/Immigration

The Boss of It All (2006)

31 Jan

99m; Denmark

Director: Lars von Trier

Cast: Jens Albinus, Peter Gantzler, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson

Synopsis: An IT company hires an actor to serve as the company’s president in order to help the business get sold to a cranky Icelander.

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Posted by iwwggrandson on January 31, 2012 in Comedy, White Collar

Bureaucracy (2009)

31 Jan

87m; U.S.

Director: Mark Perreault

Synopsis: A loyal employee overburdened by a corrupt boss carefully plots a murder to save himself and his blind sister from economic hardship. DCLFF NOTE: “The Office”-inspired but without any wit whatsoever; amateurish acting, pedestrian direction and a plodding script that goes nowhere slowly. AVOID! (Garlock)

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Posted by iwwggrandson on January 31, 2012 in Comedy, White Collar

Bull Durham (1988)

31 Jan

108m; U.S.

Director: Ron Shelton

Cast: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins

Synopsis: A fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experienced catcher assigned to him.

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Posted by iwwggrandson on January 31, 2012 in Comedy

Breaking Away (1979)

31 Jan

101m; U.S.

Director: Peter Yates

Cast: Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid and Daniel Stern

Synopsis: A small-town teen obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl. Class conflict in a small town.

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Posted by iwwggrandson on January 31, 2012 in Comedy, Drama, Working Class

9 to 5 (1980)

26 Jan

110m; U.S

Director: Colin Higgins

Cast: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton

Synopsis (IMDB): Frank Hart is a pig. He takes advantage in the grossest manner of the women who work with him. When his three assistants manage to trap him in his own house they assume control of his department and productivity leaps, but just how long can they keep Hart tied up?

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