A Finger in the Works

A Finger in the Works

1974
1h 20m
10.0

10.0/10

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Overview

The film mixes 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 signed an agreement which admitted each year 35,000 Algerian workers to French territory in the France of the Trente Glorieuses where the annual growth rate reached 5% and where factories lacked workers. Candidates obtain a residence permit valid for 5 years for themselves and their families. Paris is committed to improving professional training and housing conditions for immigrants, too often confined to the most thankless jobs and often housed in slums. A testimony on the living conditions of emigrant workers "economic cannon fodder" of neocolonialism which simultaneously develops its alter ego, institutionalized racism, as a tool of social stagnation and division of the proletarian class.

Status: Released

Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Companies
Amicale des Algériens en Europe
Production Countries
Algeria
Spoken Languages
Arabic French

Quick Facts

Original Title Le Doigt Dans L’Engrenage
Release Date January 2, 1974
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt7295370
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Cast

Key Crew

Ahmed Rachedi
Director
Rachid Boudjedra
Writer