Movies and TvShows featuring "female-worker" theme.
Flashdance is a 1983 movie about a young woman named Alex Owens who works as a welder by day and a dancer at a nightclub by night. She dreams of becoming a professional dancer and auditions for a prestigious dance academy. Along the way, she faces various challenges and falls in love with her wealthy boss.
Based on a true story, Josey Aimes takes a job as a mine worker in a male-dominated industry and faces relentless sexual harassment. When she decides to file a lawsuit against the company, she inspires other women to join her and stand up against the abuse.
Silkwood tells the true story of Karen Silkwood, a worker in a nuclear power plant who becomes an advocate for nuclear safety and exposes the dangerous practices of her employers. As she digs deeper into the corruption, she faces threats and intimidation, but remains determined to bring justice to the workers and protect the public from the hazards of radiation. With the help of her boyfriend and fellow worker, she collects evidence and takes on the powerful forces that seek to silence her.
After the suicide of her son, a wealthy woman named Irene is drawn towards the suffering of others and embarks on a spiritual quest to find meaning in life. She becomes involved in charity work and tries to help those living in poverty and slums. Throughout her journey, she faces societal oppression and the judgment of others, but remains committed to her cause.
A woman who works in a meat packing plant is continuously preyed upon by lecherous men.
Cart is a drama film about the labor rights of workers in a retail store. It focuses on the story of workers going on strike to fight for their rights and the challenges they face along the way.
Jealousy explores the themes of envy and its destructive consequences through the story of a woman who becomes increasingly possessive and violent towards her husband and others around her. Set against the backdrop of a shoe shop and a factory, the film delves into the dark side of human nature and the tragic consequences that can arise from unchecked jealousy.
In late 19th century Switzerland, Josephine, a factory worker, becomes involved with a local group of anarchist watchmakers as the town experiences transformations due to new technologies. She encounters new ways of organizing money, time, and labor, and meets a Russian traveler named Pyotr Kropotkin.
Construction workers try to make a housing complex and a group of female builders join along.
A collective of office girls and their tribulations in the male world, female solidarity, the place of women in the labor and civil rights struggles and the conflict between love and work.
A beautiful young woman is arrested by a wonderful policeman, due to her effort to steal letters from a gigolo's house.
A convict is forced to hide within a model of a hammer and sickle. Here a tragic romance ensues between the convict and woman worker; which is spoilt by the woman's jealous young son. The convict is then forced to undergo a tragic bid for freedom which ends with the beauty of swans contrasted with the imprisoned convicts and the hopeful but ultimately tragic wait by the woman for her lover.
Overtime is a documentary short film that sheds light on the challenges faced by female workers in an urban setting in the Middle East. It explores their daily struggles and the societal pressures they encounter, offering a glimpse into their lives and work.
The fifteen year old Maruska (Lenka Korínková) starts as a new staff in the porcelain warehouse. For the boss Svetla (Míla Myslíková) it is the last straw. She asked to extend her staff consisting of four girls and a retired lady by a man, not a child. The kind and ever fussy Svetla, battling in vain with overweight decides to leave her position and to take another one in the office. As soon as she finds out that the position will be taken by Arnost Jarolím (Josef Langmiler), she insists on a hand over inventory.
Risking jobs, friends, family and the opposition of church and community, eight unassuming women begin the longest bank strike in American history.
A documentary that reconstructs the struggle of the female workers of a ceramic factory in Vigo (Galicia), closed in 2001.
This film is devoted to Algeria's vast equipment plan which has fostered the development of the ports of Algiers and Oran. The inauguration of new aerodromes, roads, the construction of dams and power stations, the development of coal production, the textile and metallurgical industry, the opening of canneries, as well as the phenomenal boom in production of wheat and wine.
A mischievous and cheerful employee of the textile mill, Dinka Balashova, becomes a true gift of fate for the commandant of the best women's dormitory in the region, Viktor Pavlovich, a strict guardian of instructions, schedules and schedules...
Les beaux jours is a heartwarming movie that explores the themes of friendship, love, and freedom during a summer vacation in France. The story revolves around a group of friends who decide to spend their holiday together at the seaside. As they enjoy their time at the beach camp, they navigate through various ups and downs, including romantic entanglements, conflicts, and self-discovery. This charming film beautifully captures the joys and complexities of relationships and the essence of a carefree summer.
Volker Koepp's second Wittstock film.