As We're Told
Vi bara lyder
Synopsis
"It's simple! We do as we're told." This disconcerting reply comes from a Swedish employment office employee when asked how the country’s most unpopular government agency works. And that’s not all: in this creative documentary, case workers, receptionists and psychologists reveal how the Swedish employment system is failing. They complain about inadequate software and mystifying error messages, excessive caseloads and demoralizing results—on average, each case worker helps just 10 people find work each year, and only one in 10 clients will find a new job. To assure the anonymity of the interviewees, they're all represented by cardboard puppets. Thanks to visible puppeteers, expressive eyes and recognizable gestures, these puppets quickly take on the appearance of real people. The result is a fascinating, comical and artistic study of human strategies to get along in an irrational bureaucracy.
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Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Erik Holmström, Fredrik Wenzel
- Original Title
- Vi bara lyder
- Country of Origin
- Sweden
- Spoken Languages
- Swedish
- Runtime
- 28m
- Production Studios
- Fasad
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Erik Holmström, Fredrik Wenzel
Fredrik Wenzel, Erik Holmström
Hedvig Lundgren
Department Leadership Roster
Fredrik Wenzel
Editor
Erik Holmström
Director
Erik Holmström
Editor
Hedvig Lundgren
Producer
Fredrik Wenzel
Director
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What is As We're Told about?
"It's simple! We do as we're told." This disconcerting reply comes from a Swedish employment office employee when asked how the country’s most unpopular government agency works. And that’s not all: in this creative documentary, case workers, receptionists and psychologists reveal how the Swedish employment system is failing. They complain about inadequate software and mystifying error messages, excessive caseloads and demoralizing results—on average, each case worker helps just 10 people find work each year, and only one in 10 clients will find a new job. To assure the anonymity of the interviewees, they're all represented by cardboard puppets. Thanks to visible puppeteers, expressive eyes and recognizable gestures, these puppets quickly take on the appearance of real people. The result is a fascinating, comical and artistic study of human strategies to get along in an irrational bureaucracy.
Who directed As We're Told?
As We're Told was directed by Erik Holmström, Fredrik Wenzel.
Who stars in As We're Told?
The principal cast of As We're Told includes Nils Dernevik, Leif Andrée, Henrik Dorsin, Andrea Edwards, Per Grytt.
When was As We're Told released and how long is it?
As We're Told was released in 2018 with a total runtime of 28m.