25-year-old philosophy major Marta faces the ugly truth for many young Italians — a complete lack of career opportunities. While babysitting for single mother Sonia, she starts to work as a telemarketer, experiencing first-hand the fanatical and exploitative rat-race culture pushed on employees while quickly rising through the ranks of the company. Around her revolve people like delusional supervisor Daniela, her womanizing boss Claudio, fragile coworker Lucio "2", and well-meaning but inconsistent union rep Giorgio.

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When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt...

A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to wri...

Two men get laid off and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can't find jobs, which inspires ...

The story of August who loses his beloved sister Christina, a former porn star known as The Princess...

Ian is an aspiring autistic photographer who struggles with a painful memory and unemployment, follo...

François, director of a primary school, teaches third graders. It's a demanding position, leaving hi...

In a working-class quarter of Dublin, 'Bimbo' Reeves gets laid off from his job and, with his redund...

An advertising man is slowly sliding downhill. When he is fired from his job in Detroit, he signs up...

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A lone vampire wanders through nighttime Mainz to find something that makes him feel alive again.

Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start underm...

Born a lower-caste girl in rural India's patriarchal society, "married" at 11, repeatedly raped and ...

A man encounters colorful characters while driving a taxi in Papua New Guinea.

When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for ...

Young, impulsive Rosetta lives a hard and stressful life as she struggles to support herself and her...