A Working Man (2025)
Genre: Drama / Social Realism
Director: [Your Choice]
Starring: Michael Peña, Frances McDormand, John Boyega, Auli’i Cravalho
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Story Summary:
In the heart of a struggling Rust Belt town, Javier Morales, a 45-year-old factory worker and single father, finds himself laid off after 25 years of loyal service when his factory is shut down and relocated overseas. With his savings depleted and bills piling up, Javier is forced to take a series of low-paying gig jobs—delivery driver, warehouse picker, rideshare driver—just to keep food on the table for his teenage daughter, Luna.
As Javier juggles exhausting shifts and increasingly inhumane work conditions, Luna dreams of escaping their circumstances through a scholarship to art school. But the pressure mounts when Luna gets caught up in a protest movement at school, and Javier, worn down by his own quiet desperation, struggles to understand her growing defiance.
When an unexpected workplace injury sidelines Javier, he faces a breaking point. He must choose between accepting a settlement that would silence him forever or standing up and fighting a system that grinds people down and throws them away.
With the help of a retired union organizer (played by Frances McDormand) and a young tech-savvy activist (John Boyega), Javier begins to find his voice. What starts as one man’s quiet battle for dignity becomes a spark for a broader labor movement.
Themes:
The dignity of work
Generational divides
Economic inequality
Family, sacrifice, and resilience
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