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The Take

Documentary

2004, Movie, 1h 27min

In suburban Buenos Aires, thirty unemployed ceramics workers walk into their idle factory, roll out sleeping mats and refuse to leave. All they want is to re-start the silent machines. But this simple act - the take - has the power to turn the globalization debate on its head. Armed only with slingshots and an abiding faith in shop-floor democracy, the workers face off against the bosses, bankers and a whole system that sees their beloved factories as nothing more than scrap metal for sale.

Country: Canada,Argentina

Director:

Avi Lewis

Cast:

Matilde Adorno

Reviews

Critic John Nugent

rated

Driving things forward with grunting fury is Idris Elba’s gruff CIA hero, a reckless and insubordinate rogue agent – if only because the genre demands it. Many will coo that this is Elba’s Bond audition...

Read full review at Empire

Critic Peter Bradshaw

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Richard Madden plays a hapless pickpocket and Elba a macho CIA agent in this competent popcorn-flavoured thriller.

Read full review at The Guardian

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In this gripping documentary, a group of unemployed ceramics workers in suburban Buenos Aires takes matters into their own hands by occupying their idle factory and refusing to leave. Armed with nothing but slingshots and a strong belief in shop-floor democracy, they face off against powerful bosses, bankers, and a system that sees their factory as nothing more than scrap metal for sale. Their determination to re-start the silent machines sparks a movement that challenges the status quo and could change the course of their lives forever.

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