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As We're Told (2017)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 28M

Director : Erik Holmström, Fredrik Wenzel

Synopsis

"It's simple! We do as we're told." This disconcerting reply comes from a Swedish employment office employee when asked how the country’s most unpopular government agency works. And that’s not all: in this creative documentary, case workers, receptionists and psychologists reveal how the Swedish employment system is failing. They complain about inadequate software and mystifying error messages, excessive caseloads and demoralizing results—on average, each case worker helps just 10 people find work each year, and only one in 10 clients will find a new job. To assure the anonymity of the interviewees, they're all represented by cardboard puppets. Thanks to visible puppeteers, expressive eyes and recognizable gestures, these puppets quickly take on the appearance of real people. The result is a fascinating, comical and artistic study of human strategies to get along in an irrational bureaucracy.

Actors

Nils Dernevik
Nils Dernevik
Leif Andrée
Leif Andrée
(voice)
Henrik Dorsin
Henrik Dorsin
(voice)
Andrea Edwards
Andrea Edwards
Per Grytt
Per Grytt
Maria Kulle
Maria Kulle
(voice)
Malin Morgan
Malin Morgan
David Rangborg
David Rangborg
(voice)
Anna Takanen
Anna Takanen
(voice)
Märta Lundin
Märta Lundin

Crews

Erik Holmström
Erik Holmström
Director
Fredrik Wenzel
Fredrik Wenzel
Director
Hedvig Lundgren
Hedvig Lundgren
Producer
Fredrik Wenzel
Fredrik Wenzel
Cinematography
Fredrik Wenzel
Fredrik Wenzel
Editor
Erik Holmström
Erik Holmström
Editor
Jan Alvermark
Jan Alvermark
Sound Director

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