Vi bara lyder (2017): reparto, argumento y streaming

Released in 2017, Vi bara lyder is a documental film directed by Fredrik Wenzel, running about 28 minutes.

What it’s about. "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.

Who’s in it. Vi bara lyder stars Nils Dernevik, Leif Andrée as (voice), Henrik Dorsin as (voice) and Andrea Edwards, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 9.0/10, Vi bara lyder sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. In Reino Unido you can stream it on GuideDoc. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Vi bara lyder page.

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