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The Employment

2008 · 7 min Animation Comedy Drama
7.5 / 10 · TMDB

A man wakes in a world where absolutely everything—from his alarm clock to the street lamps—is a living being performing a specific service function. His mundane morning unfolds into an absurd chain of interactions with human-doors, human-sinks, and human-cars. He himself is part of this system, a "human-desk" in an office where his boss is a "human-chair." This mechanized daily life rolls out as a silent, well-oiled machine, laying bare the universality of the human-tool within the consumer society.

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📋 Film Details

Original Title El empleo
Year 2008
Country Argentina
Genre Animation, Comedy, Drama
Director Santiago Bou Grasso
Runtime 7 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.5/10 (115 votes)

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

This short film by Argentine director Santiago Bou Grasso is a brilliant, concise parable about the dehumanization of labor. The "living geometry" animation style and complete lack of dialogue render the metaphor crystal clear and universally understood.

What lingers after viewing is not just a smile at the absurd spectacle, but a slight chill of recognizing one's own place in a similar system. An ordinary office chair will never look quite the same. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Santiago Bou Grasso

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