Don't Work (1968-2018)

Jul 1, 2018

1h 29m

★ 2.7

Overview

A year in the life of Elsa Michaud and Gabriel Gauthier, students of Fine Arts in Paris, lovers in troubled times, overwhelmed by maddening verbal and auditory stimuli, witnesses of a globalized violence more visible than ever in a chaotic digital era, in which the slow execution of simple gestures in a silent performance is an act of resistance.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Shellac Films

AFE

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Cast

Self

Elsa Michaud

Self

Gabriel Gauthier

Self (archive footage)

Donald Trump

Self (archive footage)

Emmanuel Macron

Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Putin

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