Machine
Épisode 3
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- Status
- Aired
- Season / Episode
- 1 / 3
- Runtime
- 50 min
- Original network/platform
- ARTE
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Overview
A new chapter opens at the Kwandai factory after the suicide of its French CEO: facing the union delegates, JP defends the Marxist principle of self-management but he is in the minority. Machine undertakes to help him by organizing the workers to take power. The operation is not to the taste of Robert, the facilitator, who inquires about JP's past...
About the show
Created by Thomas Bidegain and Fred Grivois, directed by the latter with infectious jubilation, Machine appears like a UFO. Through the meeting between "Machine" and JP, an unlikely alliance is played out: that of kung fu and the communist struggle. If we add to the cocktail a dose of offbeat humor and a supercharged soundtrack (Anastacia, K. Maro, Menelik, etc.), we get an explosive series where narrow-minded unionists, a conspiracy influencer, a sentimental businessman, a former secret agent or a soldier with a fragile psychology cross paths, pell-mell... Between pop culture and social conscience, Machine walks a tightrope, and hits the mark - like its heroine. In this very physical role, Margot Bancilhon, who performed most of the stunts herself, impresses. In search of meaning, both relentless and tormented, this mysterious woman with no name finds salvation in the friendship she forms with the endearing JP, himself saved by reading Marx and cycling. How to upset the balance between the weak and the powerful? Here, the answer is clear: with punches!
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