The Working Class Goes to Heaven
La classe operaia va in paradiso
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A champion, piece-rate factory worker in Milan adored by management for his furious machine speed is despised by his union co-workers, until he accidentally slices off his index finger on a stamping machine, awakening to the dehumanizing industrial alienation of the assembly line and joining radical student strike agitation. Elio Petri's Cannes Palme d'Or-winning Marxist satirical masterpiece starring Gian Maria Volonté with Ennio Morricone's industrial score.
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