2012 · comedy · drama
Of Snails and Men
Directed by Tudor Giurgiu1h 35m2012
One worker in a bankrupt factory finds an unusual solution to save his co-workers from unemployment. If it doesn't work the factory will be privatized and sold to a French company planning to convert the plant into a snail cannery. Only 300 of the 3000 workers will keep their jobs.
Our read: Of Snails and Men (2012) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded comedy · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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