Losers and Winners
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Ulrike Franke
Guido Krajewski
Michael Loeken
Sabine Rollberg
Maciej Sledziecki
Ruediger Spott
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German efficiency and Chinese industriousness pass each other on globalization's economic ladder in this revealing and candid look at the efforts of 400 Chinese workers, supervised by 30 German foremen, to cut apart a virtually brand new coking plant so it can be rebuilt in China. While the German foremen lament the loss of jobs and fret over what they perceive as unsafe working practices, the Chinese workers struggle to support their families back home and wonder why the Germans always leave for the day when the real work is just beginning. With intimate access to an industrial marvel, and to subjects who are decidedly frank in their admonition of each other, the documentary explores the dicey cultural dynamics between two countries facing very different futures.
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Winner of the award for Best International Feature Documentary at the 2007 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival.
Shown at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival (International Spectrum) April 19-29, 2007.
Shown at SIlVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival (Sterling Feature Film Competition) June 12-17, 2007.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Nonfiction Features of 2007) September 27-October 12, 2007.
dialogue German
