The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971)
Note: this print runs 111 minutes against a recorded 120 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Gian Maria Volonte, Mariangela Melato, Salvo Randone, Guerrino Crivello, Gino Pernice, Luigi Diberti, Ezio Marano, Flavio Bucci
Directed by Elio Petri
The Working Class Goes to Heaven (Italian: La classe operaia va in paradiso), released in the US as Lulu the Tool, is a 1971 Italian satirical political drama film directed by Elio Petri. It depicts a factory worker's realisation of his own condition as a simple tool in the process of production. The film was awarded the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film at the 25th Cannes Film Festival, sharing it with Francesco Rosi's The Mattei Affair.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.
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