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Looks and Smiles (1981)

20 Apr

104m; U.K.

Director: Ken Loach

Cast: Graham Green, Carolyn Nicholson and Tony Pitts

Synopsis: Thatcherism and the Irish troubles provide the backdrop for this study of Mick, a well-meaning youth in Sheffield, who has, unlike Dickens’ Pip, no expectations. Mick lives with his parents, works on his motorbike, looks for work, and every two weeks gets his check from the dole. There are no jobs. His best mate Alan joins the army to fix tanks and is sent to Belfast to quell Catholics. At a disco, Mick meets Karen, who works at a shoe shop and lives with her recently-separated mom. Karen misses her dad. She offers Mick emotional stability and a route to adulthood; Alan pitches the army. Does Mick have a future?

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Drama, Politics, Unemployment-Wages, War, Working Class

 

Los Bastardos (2008)

20 Apr

86m; Mexico

Director: Amat Escalante

Cast: Jesus Moises Rodriguez, Rubén Sosa and Nina Zavarin

Synopsis: Pulp crime and cinematic formalism collide in this hauntingly visceral portrait of two Mexican day laborers moved to desperate deeds in a hellish contemporary Los Angeles. Host University of Guadalajara Foundation.

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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Crime-Action, Immigrants/Immigration, Unemployment-Wages

 

Louise-Michel (2008)

20 Apr

94m; France

Director: Gustave de Kervern, Benoît Delépine

Cast: Yolande Moreau, Bouli Lanners and Benoît Poelvoorde

Synopsis: Black comedy about an unemployed French plant worker’s decision to hire a hitman to exact working-class vengeance on the rich and powerful.

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Comedy, Crime-Action, Unemployment-Wages, Working Class

 

Love and Diane (2002)

20 Apr

155m;

Director: Jennifer Dworkin

Cast: Diane Hazzard, Donyaeh Hazzard and Love Hazzard

Synopsis (IMDB): Documentary on a recovering crack addict and her troubled daughter as they navigate the obstacles of joblessness, parenthood, welfare, and public housing.

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Documentary, Unemployment-Wages, Women, Working Class

 

Love on the Dole (1941)

20 Apr

Director: John BaxterLoveOnTheDole
Writers: Walter Greenwood (novel), Ronald Gow (play), and 3 more credits 

Stars: Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans and George Carney

During the depression in England, a young woman from Lancashire is forced to become a rich bookmaker’s mistress just to help the rest of her family who are unemployed.

Available on YouTube

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Class, Drama, Streaming Online (Youtube, Vimeo), Unemployment-Wages, Working Class

 

Man’s Job (Miehen työ) [2007]

20 Apr

97m; Finland

Director: Aleksi Salmenperä

Cast: Tommi Korpela, Maria Heiskanen and Jani Volanen

Synopsis (IMDB): Juha is 38 years old and has three small children and a depressed wife. He sees himself as strong and believes a man should provide for his family. But one day Juha is fired from his job. Ashamed, he weaves a web of lies to hide the fact from his family. With the help of his friend Olli, Juha begins prostituting himself to support his wife and children. With this he makes in two hours what it took him two days to earn before. The shame and deception mushroom, but the pay from the new profession seems to offset the downside.

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Drama, Service Workers, Unemployment-Wages

 

Man’s Castle (1933)

20 Apr

75m; U.S.

Director: Frank Borzage

Cast: Spencer Tracy, Loretta Young and Marjorie Rambeau

Synopsis: Love flourishes among the unemployed in a shack by New York’s East River, but our hero turns to crime when his wife becomes pregnant.

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Drama, Romance, Unemployment-Wages, Women, Working Class

 

Miracle in Milan (1951)

20 Apr

100m; Italy

Director: Vittorio De Sica

Synopsis: Urban poverty in Italy solved by a strange happy ending.

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Drama, Unemployment-Wages, Working Class

 

Mr. Mom (1983)

20 Apr

91m; U.S.

Director: Stan Dragoti

Cast: Michael Keaton, Teri Garr and Fred Koehler

Synopsis (IMDB): Jack and Caroline are a couple making a decent living when Jack suddenly loses his job. They agree that he should stay at home and look after the house while Caroline works. It’s just that he’s never done it before, and really doesn’t have a clue.

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Children, Comedy, Drama, Unemployment-Wages, White Collar

 

My Name Is Joe (1998)

20 Apr

105m; U.K.

Director: Ken Loach

Cast:  Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall and Gary Lewis

Synopsis: Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a romantic relationship in the one of the toughest Glasgow neighbourhoods.

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Drama, Romance, Safety & Health, Service Workers, Unemployment-Wages, Working Class

 
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