When Costa Rican artist and photographer Allegra Pacheco travels to Japan for a few months, the first thing she notices is men in suits sleeping on the streets at night. She wants to find out what this phenomenon is all about and explores the peculiarities of the Japanese working world and its motto of “ganbaru”: “to persevere”.
Social Commentary
Combining verite documentation, interview and animation, Salaryman isan eye-opening, engaging account of a workplace culture gonewrong.
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I needed to understand my own relationship to work, specifically overwork.
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With a lot of help and a lot patience.
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Connect with Allegra:
instagram: @salarymanfilm @allegrapacheco

1942年的挪威，以斯帖（Sarah-Sofi e Boussnina），一名14岁的犹太女孩在她的小镇被恐怖统治时，迫使她的父母把她藏在前往瑞典的卡车上，以此保住女孩的性命安全。以斯帖的卡车却遭到纳粹袭击，她逃到森林裡遇到了一个与她同龄的男孩阿（Arthur Hakalahti）。 阿塞尔喜欢上她也将她隐藏在他家的穀仓裡。为了不让纳粹发现，她伪装成一个男孩与阿塞尔一起逃离纳粹佔领的领土到瑞典，希望父母还在等她。