Work

1978 | 90 minutes | 6.2 ★ (8)

Work
  • Overview

    A young manager of a factory encounters a man walking along a road who says his family traditionally are servants to the manager's family. The manager offers him a job, and as he watches out for the other man's welfare, begins to see how the company mistreats its workers. The manager is challenged between his ethics and the pressure from others to protect his own interests as dire problems surface at the factory

  • Release Date

    07 August 1978

  • DirectingSouleymane Cissé
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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