This documentary short film lets workers and officials from a state-owned clock-making enterprise tell their own stories. Problems and hierarchies within the company come to light in the process. Hardened fronts in conflicts that neither pretty words nor empty slogans from party secretaries can solve become visible. The omnipresent ticking of the alarm clocks captures a sense of boredom, inaction and waiting for the big blow-up.
This documentary short film lets workers and officials from a state-owned clock-making enterprise tell their own stories. Problems and hierarchies within the company come to light in the process. Hardened fronts in conflicts that neither pretty words nor empty slogans from party secretaries can solve become visible. The omnipresent ticking of the alarm clocks captures a sense of boredom, inaction and waiting for the big blow-up.
