Dreaming Under Capitalism

Dreaming Under Capitalism

Rêver sous le capitalisme

Release date : 2018-12-12

Production country :

Belgium

Production company :

alteregofilms

Status : Released

Durasi : 63 Min.

Popularity : 0.255

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We know what labour wreaks on the body, but what less visible imprint does it leave on the unconscious? The nights of twelve dreamers – sometimes recounted in front of the camera, sometimes with a voice-over that accompanies shots of office buildings or urban worksites – reveal how the capitalist system invades the modern-day psyche. Long shots of edifices with smooth surfaces and sheer edges instil a deceptive gentleness. Zombies, corpses, mummies, ghosts, skulls sliced open like an egg and emptied by spoonfuls… The images follow one after the other, no two alike, but the editing organises a gradation towards the vampirism and an insidious passage from night to day, from dreams to real working life.