ELEMENTS OF SOCIAL WORK IN FICTION WORLD CINEMA: PROVOCATIONS "THE CUT"

• Main Authors: Georgia Sobreira dos Santos Cêa, Rosane Toebe Zen
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná 2010-04-01
• Series: Travessias
• Subjects: cinema and society, world of labor, changes in the productive system.
• Online Access: http://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/travessias/article/view/3613

A gesture says a thousand words, teaches the popular saying. But when the actions in question are artistically staged in a film directed by Costa-Gravas, their ability to say more than words is infinitely multiplied. In the movie The Cut, the consequences of current changes in work are portrayed with doses of humor, without forgetting the reflective and critical approach. The protagonist, a moment of extreme despair, embarks on a plan to physically eliminate their competitors, and thus guarantee a place in the competitive job market. The dilemma of accountability for unemployment permeates the film, encouraging reflection on the subject of a critical perspective on the consequences of lack of employment opportunities can be found in spheres that extend beyond the economic aspect. Thus the plot of the movie shows the Marxian postulate the dual condition of labor in capitalism: while the work is potentially a way of life and affirmation of the human condition, is alienated and alienating process of production of existence. The messages that the movie leaves us, two deserve special attention. The first concerns the ideas already consensus in this society, that unemployment is an individual problem, and should therefore be individually resolved. The second message, subliminally present in the film, says the solution to unemployment in the opposite direction: the problem is not the individual but the system. And this is only collectivize opportunities in a changing perspective, making man the center of everything.