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

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 Violators is a raw and powerful drama set in Northern England. It follows the story of a neglected young girl who finds herself in a dangerous world of abuse and exploitation. With the help of a mysterious stranger, she embarks on a journey of self-discovery and redemption.

After seeing her husband fail in fighting a battle to keep his factory open, a manageress loses her job in a disagreement with the manager over sexual harassment of her staff. She accepts the advice of her father and joins his son, a left-wing organizer, and takes her plight to the union.

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.