Limits of Europe

An immersive, quietly enraging undercover journey that makes invisible labour visible, leaving you unsettled and thoughtful.

Directed by

Apolena Rychlíková

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Saša Uhlová

Tagline

What is the price of western prosperity?

Overview

A prominent Czech journalist Saša Uhlová leaves her family and joins “cheap labour force” in Western Europe. Undercover, she works at an asparagus farm in Germany, tries her hand as a maid at a hotel in Ireland and takes care of the elderly in France. She experiences first-hand the struggles of Eastern European low-wage workers whose sacrifice and hard work allow for the Western society’s comfort. What is the real price that Europe pays for exploiting its own citizens? How do the lives of economic migrants, who have been forced to leave their children and elderly parents, look like? And why are privileged Europeans looking the other way?

How it feels

Earnest, melancholic and tense. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Work, class, immigration, isolation

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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