Les Mains nettes (1958)

Original title

Les mains nettes

Directed by

Claude Jutra

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 13m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

In a black-and-white drama set in 1950s Quebec, a new manager arrives at a transport company's personnel department. He is tasked with replacing workers with machines. A secretary and a former JEC member try to unionize against the changes. The modernizations go through anyway.

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What happens

Les Mains nettes est un film canadien, en noir et blanc, réalisé par Claude Jutra, sorti en 1958. L’intrigue se déroule dans le milieu des employés de bureau. Un nouveau gérant arrive au service du personnel de la General Transport. L’entreprise doit se moderniser et remplacer plusieurs employés par des machines. S’opposent au gérant, Marguerite, la secrétaire et un autre collet-blanc, ancien membre des JEC. Ils parlent de fonder un syndicat. Finalement, tous les changements prévus se font. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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