Movie

The Factory

1981 · 101 min

A slow, heavy slice of working life that grinds you down with quiet desperation and small humiliations.

Overview: A tanner, swamped with debts, must abandon his trade and go work in the local factory.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Work, class, isolation, survival
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: work
class
isolation
survival
family
Places: small town
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild