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  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • Seventh Art Releasing
  • 2 h 2 m
  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • Seventh Art Releasing
  • 2 h 2 m
Workingman's Death

Summary Is heavy manual labor disappearing or is it just becoming invisible? Where can we still find it in the 21st century? Workingman's Death follows the trail of the heroes in the illegal mines of the Ukraine, sniffs out ghost among the sulfur workers in Indonesia, finds itself face to face with lions at a slaughterhouse in Nigeria, mingles w...

Written By: Michael Glawogger

  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • Seventh Art Releasing
  • 2 h 2 m
  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • Seventh Art Releasing
  • 2 h 2 m

Workingman's Death

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
67
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
6.7
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Summary Is heavy manual labor disappearing or is it just becoming invisible? Where can we still find it in the 21st century? Workingman's Death follows the trail of the heroes in the illegal mines of the Ukraine, sniffs out ghost among the sulfur workers in Indonesia, finds itself face to face with lions at a slaughterhouse in Nigeria, mingles w...

Written By: Michael Glawogger

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83
Workingman's Death's primary pleasures are aesthetic. Glawogger is an extraordinarily elegant filmmaker with a photographer's eye for striking compositions.
By Nathan Rabin FULL REVIEW
80
Astonishingly powerful documentary about really, really hard work.
By Ray Bennett FULL REVIEW
75
This documentary about men and women performing brutal work tasks for next to no money is full of arresting and eloquent images. It has little dialogue, and little is needed.
By Walter Addiego FULL REVIEW
70
In the film's production notes, Mr. Glawogger wonders, "Is heavy manual labor disappearing or is it just becoming invisible?" In this visually impressive but proudly unscientific hymn to progress, the answers are yes and yes.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
63
It's a triumph of the human spirit that so many people in deadly jobs are able, nevertheless, to marry and have a few happy moments despite lives of hellish labor. Glawogger's intrepid camera finds both the shame and the grace in it.
By Jami Bernard FULL REVIEW
50
It's not exactly a good time at the movies, and even as pure education, it's a rather dull film with very little dialogue, but Glawogger does succeed in capturing the images, sounds and even imagined scents (oh, those burning goats) of contemporary hard labor, work that has become nearly invisible to us cubicle jockeys.
By Allison Benedikt FULL REVIEW
50
John Zorn wrote the percussive score, which is compelling throughout.
By Jonathan Rosenbaum FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
6.7
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17% Negative
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Production Company ARTE, Lotus Film, Medien- und Filmgesellschaft (MFG) Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg, Quinte Film GmbH, Vienna Film Financing Fund, Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), Österreichisches Filminstitut
Release Date Feb 24, 2006
Duration 2 h 2 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.workingmansdeath.at/
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Awards

Diagonale, Austria
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Gijón International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
German Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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