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IWW PRESENTS THE WORKING CLASS GOES TO HEAVEN
1971
Director
Elio Petri
Starring
Gian Maria Volonté
Mariangela Melato
Gino Pernice
Runtime
125 minutes
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A giddy, gut-level, sex-and-politics critique of industrial capitalism, Elio Petri’s absurdist political fable features Gian Maria Volonté as Lulu, a gung-ho Turin factory worker caught up in the dehumanizing wheels of mechanical production and meaningless mass consumption. Sexual fantasies drive his productivity for the company, but his perspective on work and life undergo a radical transformation when he is injured in a factory accident and temporarily laid off.
THE WORKING CLASS GOES TO HEAVEN aka LULU THE TOOL is an oftentimes surreal and darkly comic look at the life of an everyday Italian trying to find a sense of purpose in a world where he is only allowed to be a tool for industry.
“A pinnacle of radical Italian cinema!” - Kevin McCaighy, Socialist Worker
The Industrial Workers of the World want to help you improve the conditions of your workplace!
THE WORKING CLASS GOES TO HEAVEN aka LULU THE TOOL is an oftentimes surreal and darkly comic look at the life of an everyday Italian trying to find a sense of purpose in a world where he is only allowed to be a tool for industry.
“A pinnacle of radical Italian cinema!” - Kevin McCaighy, Socialist Worker
The Industrial Workers of the World want to help you improve the conditions of your workplace!