Harto de su trabajo como programador informático y de su jefe, Peter Gibbons se propone que le despidan para cobrar una buena indemnización y dedicarse a la buena vida junto a una joven camarera llamada Joanna, que es en realidad la que le anima a seguir por ese camino. Pero sus múltiples acciones para conseguir el despido, entre las que figuran llegar tarde o no presentarse al trabajo, son consideradas como una nueva y revolucionaria manera de trabajar, lo que, contra todo pronóstico, le suponen un aumento de sueldo y un ascenso.
Nueva Granada, un barrio marginal y aislado, fruto de la especulación inmobiliaria, carece de lugares de ocio y servicios para los adolescentes. Dadas las circunstancias, éstos se refugian en las drogas y la delincuencia.
Le Mirage is the perspective of a man in his thirties asking himself "what am I chasing?" Our society has become all about consumerism, if not excess. Success is determined by what and how much we have and "stuff" becomes the band-aid to a meaningless existence. Stuff fills the void of the existence we weren't meant to lead.
Our premise is that work has become an act of self-sabotage. Empty corporate jargon, ever-changing management fashions and self-serving bureaucracy masquerading as efficiency hijacked the purpose of work. Creative documentary The Happy Worker will show how we got to this point and the very human behavior that led us here. We want to show how this unhealthy system is maintained and what keeps us from calling bullshit.
A medical examiner investigating a series of prostitute murders discovers that the culprit is an ancient tribal witch doctor come back to life.
A burned-out private detective in Las Vegas gets involved in blackmail and murder.
A young woman, stressed by her busy and continually crowded New York City existence spontaneously retreats to a solitary lake deep in the Adirondacks.
It is a fetish, a mantra, a secret religion to modern man: work. In times of the financial crisis and massive job reductions, this documentary movie questions work as our 'hallow' sense in life in a way that both humors and pains us.
An assistant will do anything to get his presentation in front of his boss… even set himself on fire.
Something is cooking in the town of Grimsville, Ontario. A bunch of wayward youths take on Grimsville High, Squirrely's Pizza and the Moose Meat Ladies with their revolutionary underground grilled cheese sandwich club.
Mi experiencia con el tiempo se limita a una sola sensación: no tengo suficiente. Todos podemos compartir la premisa del documentalista Florian Opitz. En su ambiciosa búsqueda del tiempo perdido, Opitz trata de revelar una fotografía de nuestra civilización, que parece avanzar en modo automático, ajena a nuestros verdaderos deseos y transformando la propia naturaleza humana. En los márgenes del capitalismo global, Speed. In Search of Lost Time tiene la virtud de proponer caminos alternativos a esta carrera de ratas.
In returning to their old ballet school burnt-out dancer – Sylvie - explores their past in order to decide what to do with their future.
A group of directionless, bored, drug-using teenagers get involved in a cult, resulting in a murder.
A blend of drama and documentary, this film follows several people caught up in the turmoil of the modern world. The drama centres on a woman who has burned out and who holds up her own despair – and her attempts to rebuild her life – as a mirror to the rest of us. With a blend of gravity and humour, Sylvie Groulx's film shows the absurdity of a society dedicated to the cult of speed at all costs.
Recorded live on April 3, 1985 at Studio 54 in New York. Live footage and interviews with Slayer, Venom & Exodus. Venom's live clips are from other videos because Mantas had chickenpox.
As a freelance illustrator and perfectionist, Maya’s life is fun fun fun, but also busy busy busy. She perfectly pulls through her work assignments and social activities, thanks to a supportive ‘inner voice’ whom she affectionately calls her ‘Little Motivator’. But when Maya suddenly gets a full-on panic attack and has to slow down for a while, her deepest fear becomes reality: she can no longer be perfect… Maya and her Little Motivator set out to get her back on track ASAP, while struggling to accept that ‘good enough’ might just really be good enough.
Emergency medicine intern Margaux can no longer stand it. During another very hectic and patient-filled shift, she forgets a homeless woman on a stretcher who then dies. Shocked Margaux has no choice but to continue working. But suddenly, her body starts sweating blood uncontrollably.
These days, employees find themselves under enormous pressure. Disorders such as burn-out and depression are not uncommon. A manager, a mediation coach and a quantum physicist offer their approaches to counteract this trend.