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2001 · 50 mins · French
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Directed by
Alain Guiraudie
Starring
Jean-Marie Combelles, Pierre Louis-Calixte, Yves Dinse, Serge Ribes, Jean Ségani, Jean-Claude Montheil

Set in the rust‑stained, greasy halls of a factory on the brink of closure, the film follows Jacques, a young technician tasked with dismantling a machine. As the workers idle through their final week, his quiet labor ignites a simmering, queer desire among the men surrounding him, blending industrial decay with raw longing.

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