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9,457 inhabitants for 12,500 salaried employees. You can't live in Arque without being directly or indirectly employed by its crystal glassworks. In this small French city near the English Channel the dull roar of machines are part of the daily lives of thousands of families who have been devoted to their factory for the past 175 years. The little crystal works of Mr. Durand grew into Arc International, the world's market leader in tableware. But from generation to generation, people have been going to work for Durand for life. This family-owned business, which employs more than 18,000 people throughout the world, continues to practice a labor policy from another age. Despite a turnover of 1.5 billion euros, the company has remained true to its paternalistic values. It usually hires from among the personnel's children. The capital has remained in the hands of the same family for the past three generations and the last strike dates from 1937! This documentary is the portrait of a factory as seen through its labor policy, which resembles no other. In this age of globalization, where profit is the rule of free enterprise, does Mr. Durand's factory have a future?

France - 2001 - 52 mn - Betacam Digital - Colour

Réalisation Saléha Gherdane Scénario Saléha Gherdane Image Stéphane Rampillon Son Serge Richard Montage Didier van Dewatyne Musique Philip Glass, Renaud Garcia-Fons

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