Rules of the Assembly Line, at High Speed
Synopsis
A small town in Western Germany is the last stop for 26,000 pigs per day and a brief home for masses of Eastern European temporary workers.The workers of the largest slaughterhouse in the country are fighting for survival, while German activists who stand up for their rights are fighting against the local authorities. At the same time, Munich high school students are working on the play "Saint Joan of the Stockyards" and trying to grasp the
old text and German capitalism of our days.
Interwoven with the young people's examination of the text in the rehearsals, the film deals in various fragments with conditions and facets of temporary work and labour migration in Germany.
Festivals/Awards
2020Best Documentary — 41 FF Max Ophüls Preis
megaherz Student Award — 35 DOK.fest Munich
Filmkunstmesse Leipzig
Fünf Seen Film Festival
37 Kassel Dokfest
Nonfiktionale Zwischenspiel
Neisse Filmfestival
Doclisboa IFF
Artdocfest, Russia
2021
Film Critic Award – Best Documentary 2020
Cast and Crew
- Director Yulia Lokshina
- Producer Isabelle Bertolone, Marius Ehlayil
- Director of Photography Zeno Legner, Lilli Pongratz
- Editor Urte Alfs
- Score Salewski (a.o.)
Original Languages
German
Polish
Russian
Romanian
English
Production Company
wirFILM GmbHRömerstrasse 28, 80803 München
mail@wirfilm.de
https://www.wirfilm.de
Co-Production Company
HFF München (Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film)Germany
www.hff-muenchen.de
Links / Reference
JIP film & verleih
Peters & Feit GbR
jip-film.de/
DVD with German ST
www.goodmovies.de/regeln-am-ba...