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The Machinist's Lament

8.0201418mMovie

"In factories, everyone has their place. Western industrial production is a site of magical thinking: an old history that will never return, an idealized construction that never really was. It's impossible to know what the true costs…

DirectorJen Liu

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Cast · Directed by Jen Liu

WS
Wang Si
CHOREOGRAPHER / MASK DANCER / TEST SUBJECT
XM
Xu Mengchen
Test Scientist
JL
Joelle Lingat
Test Chorus
KH
Katherine Hamilton
Test Chorus

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