Characters & Themes
Work Experience (1989) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1989 · 11 mins · English
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- Directed by
- James Hendrie
- Starring
- Kathy Burke, Annabel Leventon, Susan Brown, John Normington, Nick Stringer, Neil Pearson
A 1989 short film directed by James Hendrie follows Terence, a job‑seeker stuck in a paradox: he cannot find employment because he lacks experience, yet he cannot acquire experience without a job. The clever premise highlights the catch‑22 of the modern labour market, and the film earned the Academy Award for Best Live‑Action Short Film.
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