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Time to Work!

Time to Work!

2024•1h 25m•7.2/10
Documentary

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7.2/10(20)

Following a heated debate on a French news television channel, Left wing MP François Ruffin defies a TV columnist and attorney, Sarah Saldmann, to work and live one month on the minimum-wage. This humanistic and humoristic documentary highlights the daily struggles and joys of the working-class compared to the fantasy the bourgeoisie has built up in the media. It also raises a thorny question : can the rich be socially reintegrated ?

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Les 400 clous

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FR

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François Ruffin

François Ruffin

Self

Sarah Saldmann

Sarah Saldmann

Self

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