Movies: Poor workers

  • 1949
    The Mark Of The Day

    The Mark Of The Day (1949)

    The Mark Of The Day

    81949HD

    In a settlement in the northern mining country. The Marles, Bréhard and Gohelle families wake up and prepare for a new day at work. The young engineer Larzac, newly appointed to the mine, will soon oppose the authoritarian and conservative methods o...

    The Mark Of The Day
  • 1975
    The Ambassadors

    The Ambassadors (1975)

    The Ambassadors

    61975HD

    “Each of you is an ambassador, and we are sure that each of you will be the best ambassador of our country.” This is how the film begins; a speech to emigrant workers for France. Salah left his three sisters and his mother to become an ambassador, go...

    The Ambassadors
  • 1976
    Château Espérance

    Château Espérance (1976)

    Château Espérance

    101976HD

    Rachid, a North African immigrant worker in the Fayard company for several years, saved to bring his wife Leïla and their son Larbi. They arrive in France for the first time. Leïla full of hope came to join her husband in exile. But very quickly, it ...

    Château Espérance
  • 1982
    The Refusal

    The Refusal (1982)

    The Refusal

    101982HD

    In 1971, the Algerian government nationalized hydrocarbons. The consequences of this decision on the community of Algerians in France are numerous. The Galti family is prey to these economic problems. The father, Khaled, former member of the F.L.N. i...

    The Refusal
  • 1974
    A Finger in the Works

    A Finger in the Works (1974)

    A Finger in the Works

    101974HD

    Le Doigt Dans L'Engrenage is a film by Ahmed Rachedi, written by Rachid Boudjedra mixing fiction, filmed documents and interviews which recounts the arrival in Paris of an Algerian immigrant lost in the metro. On December 27, 1968, France and Algeria...

    A Finger in the Works