Five workers, one assembly line, zero patience for Adam Smith's nonsense.
Five workers on an assembly line at a large company based in an airport challenge the impossibility of changing the social division of labor, carried out in accordance with the classical principles of specialization and segmentation.
Direction
Ribeiro makes 31 minutes feel like a slow-motion revolt.
Acting
Ensemble builds tension through silence and routine.
Director
Fátima Ribeiro
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Portuguese short film circuit often uses workplace settings to examine EU labor precarity.
The title directly references Smith's 'Wealth of Nations' pin factory example—here weaponized against itself.
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