As We're Told (Vi bara lyder) 6 years old

As We're Told

"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.

Credits

As We're Told Cast

Name Character
Maria Kulle She was 57, now 64 years old as (voice)
Malin Morgan She was 46, now 53 years old
Leif Andrée He was 59, now 66 years old as (voice)
Per Grytt He was 54, now 61 years old
Henrik Dorsin He was 39, now 46 years old as (voice)

As We're Told Crew

Name Department
Fredrik Wenzel as Cinematography. He was 38 (now 45) years old Crew
Fredrik Wenzel as Director. He was 38 (now 45) years old Directing
Fredrik Wenzel as Editor. He was 38 (now 45) years old Editing
Jan Alvermark as Sound Director. Sound
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As We're Told (6 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, November 15, 2017
  • Runtime: 28 minutes