Movie: Funny Reels

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Maurice Pialat
Maurice Pialat

Ruby Alcow

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    Ruby Alcow becomes assistant manager of a factory, twenty years after failing his baccalaureate five times, engaging in absurdist shenanigans with his coworkers. Pialat's early short film made for Olivetti's end-of-year party, where the filmmaker was then a sales representative; an homage to silent era slapstick comedy.

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    1957-01-01

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    5.5

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    2.8 starts
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