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The Cleaners

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2018 · 85 min Documentary
7.2 / 10 · TMDB

A group of men in hazmat suits and gas masks moves methodically across snow-covered wastelands and through the basements of derelict buildings. Their vocation is the liquidation of consequences—the collection and neutralization of hazardous waste left behind by human activity. Footage of their days, filled with silent concentration and physical labor, intercuts with vistas of industrial landscapes where nature has already begun to reclaim the traces of civilization. The film observes their rituals of cleansing, offering no direct commentary, but allowing the viewer to feel the weight of this necessary, yet invisible, profession.

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Original Title Im Schatten der Netzwelt
Year 2018
Country Brazil, Germany, Italy
Genre Documentary
Director Hans Block
Runtime 85 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.2/10 (55 votes)

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The filmmaker crafts a portrait not of individuals, but of the function of cleansing itself. The camera captures gestures turned automatic and spaces where time appears suspended. It is a cinematic meditation on the boundary between order and chaos, maintained daily by these unseen laborers.

What lingers after viewing is the hypnotic rhythm of monotonous work, which here attains a strange, near-sacred significance. The ordinary dumpster or vacant lot may begin to whisper whole histories. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Hans Block

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