The Working Class Goes to Heaven

(1971)

★ 7.8 IMDb · 390 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1971

Runtime: 113 мин

Country: Italy

Director: Элио Петри

Cast: Gian Maria Volonté, Mariangela Melato, Salvo Randone, Gino Pernice, Luigi Diberti, Mietta Albertini, Donato Castellaneta, Adriano Amidei Migliano, Guerrino Crivello, Ezio Marano

Plot

After losing a finger in a work accident, an Italian worker becomes increasingly involved in political and revolutionary groups.

Lulù is a very hard worker, so he is loved by the bosses and hated by his own colleagues. The unions decide agitations against the masters. Lulù doesn't agree until he accidentally cuts off one of his own fingers. Now understanding the workers' conditions, he agrees with the unions and participates in the strike. Immediately he is fired; then he's abandoned not only by his colleagues but also by his lover. But the unions' fights allow him to be rehired under a new legislation. At this point his mind starts giving collapse signs.