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A "fairly ordinary and mundane" working day in various operations of large steel mills...
Status
Released
Original Language
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Isa, Alice, Léa and Nina, linked by their Sephardic families as much as by their friendship, share their lives between love affairs, a beauty institute under fiscal control, children to raise, an undocumented Moroccan nanny to marry, repeated diets, family and religious holidays to honor, but before being beautiful, their biggest challenge is to be themselves.

Framed as a mother’s bedtime narration to her child, this short documentary observes a city at night, revealing the factories, tram depots, and essential services that operate while most people sleep. Directed by Andrzej Wajda, the film turns nocturnal labor into a quiet civic portrait, emphasizing the unseen workers whose efforts sustain daytime life.