For Marx... (За Маркса...)

CINE FANTOM and A&D STUDIO

Anatoliy Osmolovskiy, Andrey Silbestrov, Gleb Aleinikov

present

a Svetlana Baskova film

FOR MARX...

Federal Act on Trade Unions, their rights and guarantees.

5. Trade unions shall be independent of executive bodies,

local authorities, employers, and political parties.

ECONOMIC CRISIS. 2010.

Starring

Sergey PAKHOMOV Vladimir YEPIFANTSEV

Viktor Nikolaevich SERGACHEV

Aleksandr KOVALEV Lavrentiy SVETLICHNIY

- Hello, everyone! - Hello!

Uncle Kolya, hi.

You'll have apples and pears. Whatever you want.

Let's get in, little by little

- The weather is not very... - Never mind.

We'll warm up at the factory.

Yes!

We're going now.

Getting on the bus... We're on our way.

Everyone here?

- What's up, Uncle Kolya? - What?

What? Nothing.

I saw a TV program. It was about...

- Who? - Wild animals.

They talked about bison.

- And? - It was a show about bison.

- There are few of them left. And... - Who?

We have to be aware of this problem.

- Few what? - Bison.

They are almost extinct. And they are on the Red List.

- On the Red List? - For quite a while.

We should put you on the Red List, as “threatened species”.

They are going extinct.

- There are only 8 of them left. - And?

- 8? - But why 8? There were only two.

- Two of whom? - A male and a female.

Here we go again. A male and a female.

Yesterday I came by our store. The door was closed.

Guess who I saw there? Our Uncle Kolya.

Said he needed an overall but was there for two hours.

A male and a female. You, old bison!

Showing her your Red List, right?

- Just 8 of them left. - Yeah, sure, 8 of them.

- You can't take them to a hospital. - No, you can't.

- Hello everyone. - Hi.

Hey there. Hi.

Hi. Let me sit here.

What's up?

I wanted to have a word with you.

We set up an independent labor union at the factory.

- Independent of whom? - Of the management.

Independent labor unions will never exist.

I know, nobody believes In anything anymore.

I know managers come to the workshops.

They ask you to agree to pay cuts.

Allegedly the only way to survive the crisis.

But we know there are state subsidies.

- For whom? - The factory. To save jobs.

- They want to rip us off again? - Exactly!

On our backs, that is.

- So do not sign these papers. - Not sign them?

They have no right to cut your salary

and they won't dare fire you. That's my information.

Ok. See you later.

The ecology is lousy.

- Hi. - Hi. What happened?

What the hell is going on? They move us to a three-day week!

- That's outrageous! - I know. We'll try to do something.

- We must do something. - What's the point?

- We have to unite, you know? - Okay, you unite us.

There are guys to turn to.

- You unite us! We'll follow you. - Ok. We'll talk later.

It's all crap.

- Hi guys. - Hi there.

- May I? - Sure.

Wait a second, Uncle Kolya.

You do as agreed?

I'm talking with my men right here.

I talked to the other guys. And wanted to talk to you, too.

You know about our independent labor union, right?

Yes, we do.

We need to unite.

Your workmates set up the union.

It's too hot at the factory.

Constant pollution.

- The management doesn't care. - Where is our safety engineer?

- That's what we're talking about. - We want one on site.

Too much talking. It's time to act!

We need to unite and achieve our goals.

If we keep silent...

Guys, let me finish.

We need evaluation of our work places.

It's overdue.

Don't keep silent. Help us.

Nobody will do it for us - we need to do it ourselves

- What's the point? - Nobody cares about our conditions.

We will talk seriously about it with the management.

We need an independent evaluation of our working conditions.

- Alright then. - We can't keep silent.

I am getting off. I'm going to the prosecutor's office.

- See you tonight at the meeting! - Who needs this evaluation?

Just words, always just words! We need to think of ourselves!

We're on the bus, might as well talk.

- The bison are dying out. - Uncle Kolya!

- But there's some medicine! - It's not about bison.

You can die out yourself.

- This is what we are talking about. - You're being serious.

- Ok, men. - What air are we breathing?

And you keep talking bison.

OK, let's go. I hope you understood.

We're here.

- Bison... - Need to think about them.

Cut out bison talks. Think about yourself.

Need to think about the air we breathe.

And he keeps talking about bison.

A labor union. Good morning.

A labor union is the only way to protect ourselves.

I agree, but, surprisingly, some don't understand it.

That's why we're here. We need to explain things.

- Hello. - Good morning.

Yesterday we had our third film club screening.

- Many people came. They liked it. - Good job. What did you show?

- Godard's 'Wind from the East'. - I haven't seen it.

- Next time just stop by. - I'll try.

Good-bye.

I did several paintings. Come by and look at them.

Sure, when I'm done with the paperwork.

Hello there.

Palych, how are you? Creating masterpieces?

Why so worried?

- My father fell ill. - Caught a cold?

In this weather...

Some guy was selling raspberry jam on my way.

- You should have bought some. - It's 200 rubles a jar.

- What a rip-off! Bastard! - I'll call my aunt in Novosibirsk.

She makes jam herself. She'll send me some.

Good idea.

Homemade stuff is the best. We need to go.

I'll buy that guy's jam. A parcel will take a month to arrive.

Ok. Just don't be late.

- I'll be in the smoking room. - Ok.

- Hi. You're here already. - Hello!

- Hello everyone! - Hi.

So? Did you buy jam?

I thought about it.

- And? - I wanted to buy it.

- But you changed your mind? - Yes.

Why?

Couldn't decide whether I need it or not.

- I'm off to the workshop. - Right. I'll go down, too.

Listen to me.

You'll work for 2-3 weeks, look around

and learn things.

- And then we'll see. - Ok.

- Got it. - Melting is a serious thing.

Wait a second. Igor! How much is left?

- Enough for two jars. - Ok, we'll sort it out.

- You checked the temperature? - Yes.

All right.

You will monitor loading the charge

and the melting temperature.

But you know yourself. You finished a technical school.

Sure. The temperature should be 1400-1500 degrees.

Perfectly right!

Go ahead!

- Are we getting new boots? - Sure.

I can't find my coupons. Guess I left them in the canteen.

Coupons? I'll make sure you get new ones. Today.

In the maintenance. You'll have your coupons.

I'll make sure you get new boots, too.

Switch to the second one!

When is payday?

- When is payday? - Don't you even start.

Here's the new generation.

This is your foreman.

Ask him any questions.

Don't panic!

- And also, you live nearby? - I do.

Be here on time.

You'll get a contract today.

We start at 7 am. No coming late!

Don't worry. He lives in my house.

Ivan Ryabov's son.

All right, I need to go.

We're almost out of 45er.

No, we still have enough.

- Igor likes to complicate things. - Anyway.

About the salary.

When and where do I get it?

Get working first. Meet the people.

See how things are done. You'll get your salary all right.

You'll get your contract today. Everything will be legal.

You'll be officially employed. No fooling around Moscow style.

The management wants to lay off people because of the recession.

First of all those past retirement age,

truants and rabble-rousers.

- You got me? - Sure.