Movies and TvShows featuring "post-industrial-society" theme.

In a once thriving mining community in Northeast England, the future of The Old Oak pub hangs by a thread. With the closure of mines, the village has fallen on hard times. When Syrian refugees are suddenly placed in the village, the pub becomes a battleground. TJ, the landlord, forms an unlikely friendship with a young Syrian girl named Yara. Together, they strive to bridge the gap between the two communities and bring understanding. A deeply moving drama about fragilities and hopes.

Tomorrow is a documentary that showcases various solutions to environmental and societal challenges, focusing on sustainable agriculture, local economies, and renewable energy. It discusses alternative models to capitalism and the importance of cooperation and community involvement. The film takes viewers to different locations around the world, including Iceland, Copenhagen, Denmark, Chennai, India, and highlights innovative initiatives in each place. It also explores the impact of industrialization on the environment and the tipping point towards mass extinction.

Limbo follows the story of a traumatized police officer in Hong Kong as he investigates a series of gruesome crimes, including the rape and mutilation of a drugged girl. The film explores themes of loneliness, disorientation, and the dark underbelly of urban society.

Simon, a well-known French filmmaker, starts shooting his next film. A story about workers fighting to protect their factory from being relocated. But nothing goes as planned... His producer Viviane wants to rewrite the ending and is threatening to cut the budget; his own crew goes on strike; his personal life is in shambles; and to make things worse, his lead actor Alain is an egocentric jerk. Joseph, an extra who wants to get into the film industry, agrees to direct the making of and shoot the behind-the-scenes. He takes his role very seriously and starts following around the crew, capturing all this mess... What follows is proof that the making of can sometimes be far better than the film itself!

Paris Is Us follows a young woman named Anna who is grappling with the challenges and uncertainties of life in the vibrant city of Paris. As she tries to find her place in a society filled with fear and political conflict, she encounters various obstacles and struggles. The film explores themes of loss of innocence, youth rebellion, and the effects of post-industrial society on the lives of everyday individuals.

In 'The Workshop,' a teenage boy named Antoine attends a summer writing workshop in the south of France. The workshop is led by Olivia, a female novelist. As Antoine explores his creativity and navigates the complexities of the workshop, he also becomes entangled in a series of mysterious events, including a stalker, far-right politics, an abduction, and death threats. Through these challenges, the themes of racism, neo-fascism, and societal tensions come to the forefront. Antoine must confront his own fears and prejudices as he grapples with the darkness that lurks beneath the surface of the workshop and the post-industrial society surrounding it.

A middle-aged man, suffering from mythomania and unemployment, attempts to overcome his midlife crisis and poverty in post-industrial France.

Thanks Boss! is a hilarious comedy documentary that takes a satirical look at the capitalist society and the effects of corporate downsizing and unemployment. Through hidden-camera pranks, the film exposes the absurdities of the business world, highlighting the struggles of the working class and critiquing the concept of capitalism.

Marius and Jeannette is a heartwarming comedy drama set in Marseille, France in the 1990s. It tells the story of Marius, an unemployed man in his forties, and Jeannette, a single mother working as a supermarket checkout clerk. Despite their struggles with poverty and the challenges of their pasts, they find love and hope in each other. The film explores themes of unemployment, growing old, love, and the resilience of the human spirit.

The Last Mitterrand is a biographical drama that explores the final years of French President François Mitterrand. The story follows Mitterrand as he faces his own mortality, grappling with his past, old age, and his illness. The movie delves into his personal and political life, touching on themes of French politics, history, and the challenges of facing death.

Made on a shoestring budget, François Ruffin and Gilles Perret’s investigative documentary has the adventurous spirit of a road movie. Intimate and sometimes humorous, encounters with yellow vest protestors pierce through reports of violence and destruction, revealing a collective desire for equity.

Since the cult success of Merci Patron!, activist/journalist/filmmaker François Ruffin has become an MP. Here, he attempts to table a law aimed at upholding the rights of what in Quebec are known as caregivers, and shows us in passing how a law whose need seems patently obvious is put together, debated, voted on and . . . dies on the battleground of French politics. A stirring documentary about social injustice that somehow manages to make us bust a gut laughing as we rage with indignation. And also cry at the beauty of it all, thanks to the director’s humanist sensibility and a deft play between reality and fiction.

In Estaque, a northern suburb of Marseilles, stuck between oil refinery smokestacks and the Mediterranean sea, a handful of die-hards has taken refuge in a cabaret. There is José, the owner, a big-hearted gypsy who loves cars and women's bodies; Joséfa, his wife, the establishment's stripper despite her advanced years and Marie-Sol who climbs the hill every day to visit Notre-Dame de la Garde and beseech Virgin Mary to give her a child. There is Patrick, her husband who has been unemployed for ages but who is kind despite appearances and their friend Jaco who is having a hard time. His wife and daughters hate him for not keeping up on the mortgage repayments. Last but not least is Papa Carlossa who believes that Franco still rules Spain and fantasizes about bumping him off.

In a post-industrial society, a working-class man gets caught up in a plan gone wrong when he discovers a duffel bag full of stolen cash. With his life on the line, he must navigate a web of deception, violence, and conspiracy.

Regis Sauder returns to his childhood pavilion at Forbach. Thirty years ago, he fled this city to build against violence and in the shame of his environment. Between demons of extremism and social determinism, how do those who have remained? Together, they weave individual and collective memories to question the future at a time when fear seems stronger than ever.