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The Mass of Men

  • 2012
  • 17m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
239
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The Mass of Men (2012)
DramaShortThriller

Richard, an unemployed 55-year-old, arrives 3 minutes late for his appointment at a job centre. An advisor, stifled by the limits of the system she works in, has no choice but to penalise hi... Read allRichard, an unemployed 55-year-old, arrives 3 minutes late for his appointment at a job centre. An advisor, stifled by the limits of the system she works in, has no choice but to penalise him for his tardiness. To avoid plunging further into destitution, Richard takes desperate m... Read allRichard, an unemployed 55-year-old, arrives 3 minutes late for his appointment at a job centre. An advisor, stifled by the limits of the system she works in, has no choice but to penalise him for his tardiness. To avoid plunging further into destitution, Richard takes desperate measures.

  • Director
    • Gabriel Gauchet
  • Writers
    • Gabriel Gauchet
    • Rungano Nyoni
  • Stars
    • Peter Faulkner
    • Jane McDowell
    • Dominic Kinnaird
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    239
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Gabriel Gauchet
    • Writers
      • Gabriel Gauchet
      • Rungano Nyoni
    • Stars
      • Peter Faulkner
      • Jane McDowell
      • Dominic Kinnaird
    • 26User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 36 wins & 7 nominations total

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    Peter Faulkner
    • Richard
    Jane McDowell
    • Kate
    Dominic Kinnaird
    Dominic Kinnaird
    • Killer
    Grae Bohea
    • Security Guard 1
    • (as Graham Bohea)
    Brice Stratford
    • Security Guard 2
    • Director
      • Gabriel Gauchet
    • Writers
      • Gabriel Gauchet
      • Rungano Nyoni
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    User reviews26

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    9Yuri_Lily

    There is a human society as it is.

    This is a short film whose protagonist is a man looking for a job. This film starts with a security camera footage, which is effective on making active question for an audience. And this is effective on the later part. The story is mainly constructed by a dialogue between office worker and unemployment man at Hello. And last part is mainly aggressive man's action. I love this film because this expresses human society as it is. I think that this is a film which shows it from various directions what people usually can't say but think inwardly. At first, I am very uncomfortable due to office lady's bad saying. But after watching aggressive man's action, I think his aggression is too much. Everyone doesn't completely right and vice. At the end, I'm not getting clear feeling. However, this is also like human society.... if you are interested, you should watch it!
    6craftholic1999

    Scealy

    This is a very dark story. At the beggining, the camera angle of this short film is interesting. I realize that this film is shot from CCTB. After that scene, one man is hunting job but for some reasons he late 3 minutes. The main idea of this film is the silent majority of society. In the society, society does not reflect the real voice of citizens. Some part of this film is too scealy. Some people would feel uncomfortable by watching this. However, this film really shows the reality of the social problem. This is true that many people feel stress by hunting jobs. Using film is a good way to show the social problem to people.
    9ganpon

    Beginning is an Ending

    The man who is unemployed is late by three minutes for the appointment at the job centre. A woman advisor there for the job-seekers asks him to sign for the money withheld for two weeks otherwise he won't get the money for four weeks. The man gets angry for her attitude but the woman blames him for his laziness.

    This film shows the strict standard of the welfare service in Britain. Even though the man was late, it was only three minutes and the woman didn't know that he was late at the beginning. However, the man couldn't get the money he wanted.

    The most impressive point of this film is the structure. The film begins from the video captured by the CCTV and it is exactly the same scene as the ending. The author intentionally puts the last scene at the very start so that the viewer could understand the meaning of the first scene in the end.

    I think you should watch this film two times with everything understood in the second time.
    6coldplayer-57213

    Dark

    This is a short movie. This movie is one of the dark story I have ever seen. The main character is a man who seeks a job. He goes to public employment security office. When he takes with a person who works at this public employment security office, the person was killed by a person who attacks her with a nail gun. After that, he decides to take an action. Hence, I strongly feel that I can't recommend this movie to a person who is not good at watching dark movie.
    9rika-31302

    cruel

    This story is so dark and cruel that you will want to turn away from it. Including the beginning of this short movie, it has a rich content.

    It also reflects the social issue such as the unemployed people or the poor, and describes one part of their daily lives. What it attracts us is that something suddenly breaks their routine, but that's something realistic.

    You may feel the time's stopped at the horrible scene. Furthermore, the choice of the weapon is too terrible, so anyone who watches it will get shocked strongly.

    I really like such a kind of grotesque scene, but even I feel it too much painful. If you want such a strong stimulation, I recommend you should watch it once.

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    • Release date
      • August 8, 2012 (Switzerland)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Production company
      • Quiddity Films
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      17 minutes
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