A middle-aged man sets out to find a new career when he learns he's picked the wrong time to retire in this gentle comedy-drama from China. Wang Kangmei (Fan Wei) is a good-humored working stuff who after four decades as an engineer for the Chinese railway has taken early retirement. Wang's timing was less than ideal, as his wife (Cheng Shubo) falls ill and ends up in the hospital shortly after Wang's leaves his job. But Wang is a cheerful and quietly patriotic man who believes that the government will do the right thing for him and that he'll be able to find work if he tries. Wang's father (Cheng Shubo) isn't so confident, but that doesn't stop Wang from spending the day pursuing various sorts of employment, from operating a bicycle-cab to auditioning for an opera company.

2004加拿大纪录片。在布宜诺斯艾利斯的郊区，三十位失业的汽车零件工人走进他们闲置的工厂打地铺，并且拒绝离开；他们唯一想要的是让尘封的机具重新恢复运作；这简单的工人自发行动却引发了全球化的论战。Forja 汽车零件厂在员工的手中从停工到恢复生产，这代表了部份的新工人运动：占据破产的工厂，从失败体系的废墟中再造工作。曾是拉丁美洲最强大中产阶级所在地的阿根廷，在 2001 年惊动世界的经济崩盘过后，发现自己身处于废弃工厂林立、大量失业愁云惨雾的鬼域。导演兼制片的艾维·刘易斯（Avi Lewis）和知名作家兼制片的娜欧蜜·克莱（Naomi Klein）带领观众进入这些平凡理想家的生活、以长时间拍摄来参与他们为自己争取工作、尊严和民主的艰辛历程。

东北无法地带，黑帮陈胜利霸道一刀，就此挑断对头老大娇哥的脚筋，却也与人世画出距离，被判入狱十年。当牢房大门再开，在他面前，是一座破落城市，还有一间经营不善的幼稚园。陈胜利在城市裡邂逅爱情，又在幼稚园中找到新生的可能，他活用监狱经验管理幼稚园，又想洗掉刺青，但过往正尾随而来，娇哥复仇赤燄犹然旺盛，还要面对人们重重打量眼神。时间是枷，陈胜利怎麽赢得人生一次小小，又是最大的胜利？
《钢的琴》导演张猛东北三部曲迎向最终，孤独世界裡一张被过往刀削斧切因而深刻的脸，连日常也被摆弄的困顿而凶险，这才见小人物意志裡那股猛，梦想中那股真，和这个不由自己的时代奋力一搏，究竟，人生，还有没有再重来的机会？

2010 Chinese film directed by Zhang Meng

A detailed look at the gradual decline of Shenyang’s industrial Tiexi district, an area that was once a vibrant example of China’s socialist economy. But industry is changing, and the factories of Tiexi are closing. Director Wang Bing introduces us to some of the workers affected by the closures, and to their families.

As a decades-old state-run aeronautics munitions factory in downtown Chengdu, China is being torn down for the construction of the titular luxury apartment complex, director Jia Zhangke interviews various people affiliated with it about their experiences.