Original title: "Operai"           
Genre: Documentary
Length: 50 min
Release: Italy 2008
Broadcaster: Rai Tre
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Logline

Two blue-collars in their 40s balance dreams and failures of their lives in the 24-hour span of a special day in Turin. A glimpse on today's European world of work, where social issues mix with the strong-minded, extravagant and sensitive personalities of its protagonists.

Synopsis

In 1923, Fiat built the biggest European factory in Turin. On 4th July 2007, Turin celebrates the launch of the new Fiat 500. In the morning of the same day, Nadia has just left the factory and is in the middle of her daily routine. She is a Fiat worker, who is 44, divorced her husband and abandoned her passion for arts to work in the factory. Nadia struggled for doing the well-paid night-shift, but now she could be transferred to the day-shift again. She is also worried for the working future of her children. But today, she feels that she has nothing to regret.
Massimo, on the contrary, is a 40-year-old man with a double life as a worker and a Drag Queen. Today, Massimo realizes that his dream of working into the show-biz has vanished and that he will be a blue-collar for the rest of his life. He also reflects upon the present disenchantment of his 17-year-long relationship with Angelo. Massimo needs to face his own failure now to find peace and serenity.

Broadcasted on Thursday 26 June 2008 h 23:40 Rai Tre