Film · 2017

The Nothing Factory

Name: The Nothing Factory
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 2017-10-11
Duration: 177 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: José Smith Vargas, Carla Galvao, Danièle Incalcaterra, Hermínio Amaro, Crista Alfaiate

Original titleA Fábrica de Nada

Directed by Pedro Pinho · starring José Smith Vargas, Carla Galvao and Danièle Incalcaterra

2 h 57 min
Drama · Music
Portugal
Released in the UK 10 October 2017

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6.8 Users3 votes
7.5 Critics11 reviews

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Synopsis

'The Nothing Factory' follows a group of workers that, during their night shift, realizes that the business administration is stealing machines and raw materials from their own factory. As they organize to survey the equipments and block the relocation of the production, they decide to occupy the plant and go into a general strike. However, the workers are forced to stand in their posts with no work to be done, as a form of retaliation, while the negotiations for a general lay off go on. The pressure leads to a general breakdown of the workers along the collapse of the world around them.

Directed by Pedro Pinho ('Trading Cities'), and starring Carla Galvão, Dinis Gomes, Américo Silva and José Smith Vargas.

The essentials

Runtime: 177 min2 hours and 57 minutes

How long is The Nothing Factory?: 2 hours and 57 minutes (177 minutes).
When was The Nothing Factory released in the UK?: It was released in the UK on 10 October 2017.
Who directed The Nothing Factory?: Pedro Pinho.
Who is in The Nothing Factory?: It stars José Smith Vargas, Carla Galvao, Danièle Incalcaterra and Hermínio Amaro.

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Director: Pedro Pinho
Writers: Pedro Pinho
Producers: Pedro Pinho

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What the critics say average 7.5 from 11 outlets

9.0 El PaísJavier Ocaña Pinho (...) addresses the dismantling of an elevator factory, with a deep reflexion of the durability of the tradicional ways of the working class fight in a XXI century that maybe demands new ways… Read
9.0 Caimán Cuadernos de CineÁngel Quintana Its strength has nothing to see with the media interests or the glamour. Pedro Pinho triumphs showing a group of workers that sing and dance to conquer happiness in a world that has stopped being a… Read
8.5 Caimán Cuadernos de CineJuanma Ruiz Pinho's film is an entirely free work that supposes a whole proletarian recognition, achieving a honesty in its images that isn't even dissolved in the most humorous moments (the scene of the two… Read