Sully is a rascally ne'er-do-well approaching retirement age. While he is pressing a worker's compensation suit for a bad knee, he secretly works for his nemesis, Carl, and flirts with Carl's young wife Toby. Sully's long- forgotten son and family have moved back to town, so Sully faces unfamiliar family responsibilities. Meanwhile, Sully's landlady's banker son plots to push through a new development and evict Sully from his mother's life.
El nigeriano Okwe (Chiwetel Ejiofor) es un inmigrante ilegal que trabaja en Londres como chófer de un minitaxi y como recepcionista en un hotel de mala reputación. Comparte apartamento con Senay (Tautou), una chica orgullosa que busca refugiados turcos. El delicado equilibrio de su vida se rompe, sin embargo, cuando hace un descubrimiento asombroso en una de las habitaciones del hotel.
A dramatised examination of the health issues and social consequences of America's love affair with fast food.
In New York City, Thom is broke and jobless, illegally working as a taxi driver. Claire is a successful business-woman, but personally she's in shambles - then comes the phone call that her estranged father is in the hospital. Not knowing what to do, Claire hops in Thom's cab and orders him to just drive and so he does. They find themselves in Pennsylvania and Claire makes the rash decision to drive across the country to California. On the road, there are many detours as the obstacles and secrets force them to learn about themselves and each other.
El Cholo es un taxista peruano que por circunstancias oscuras debe huir de su país para trabajar en Venezuela. Por vueltas del destino, el Cholo termina conociendo a un personaje extraño llamado El ruso quien le ofrece un trabajo como asesino a sueldo. Más allá de la excelente paga, el negocio viene con hospedaje incluido, comida, diversiones entre hermosas chicas y un grupo de compañeros entrañables de diferentes nacionalidades que se desempeñan en lo mismo. Desde ese momento, las cosas para el Cholo comienzan a marchar bien, pero lo que él desconoce es que la violencia es una espiral del que nadie se puede escapar.
Lichter is an episodic tale from Hans-Christian Schmid about the life on the border between Germany and Poland. The film sheds light on the everyday stories of escape and desperateness.
Cheaters and cheated, wage dumping and moonlighting – up close and personal with the labor market inspectors Frédy, Regula, Marcos, Stefan and Chrümu.
This film follows the lives of undocumented Vietnamese workers in Taiwan doing odd jobs to survive, after having been forced to flee their employers due to harsh working conditions and lack of medical care. How will living this way for more than a decade shape their lives?
"The Last One Put Out the Light" - The Berlin construction workers Micha, Silvio and Norbert are out of work. The way out spells - Norway. Because over German craftsmen are in demand. The three with 17 other desperate people are bawling Norwegian and preparing themselves for "it's always just salmon" and fearing the darkness. Too bad that their wives have other plans.
Drama about a young Chinese girl who arrives in London to pursue her dreams, and the three men who fall for her. In order to study music, Lan Lan must marry her sponsor's son, for whom she has no affection. She eventually takes flight and befriends a Chinese engineer and his flatmate. Together they set up an illegal Chinese food takeaway, but as the business flourishes, the tensions in their relationship surface.