A New Shift
A New Shift
A New Shift
A New Shift
A New Shift
A New Shift
A New Shift

A New Shift

Origin
Czechia
Original name
Nová šichta
Movie genre
Entry
CZK 120
Venue's website
Length
91 min
Director
Jindřich Andrš
Release
2020
Rating
76 %

“From miner to programmer” reads a tempting headline, but does this idea have a chance of success? After 25 years underground, a laid-off worker seeks a new way of life.

Tomáš Hisem is one of many laid-off miners. People around think him a lost cause. Journalists already waited for him and his colleagues in front of the closed mine as they left their last shift – his apparent hopelessness and uselessness for the rest of his life is a curious tale for them. But Tomáš has a plan. He enrols in a programming course, cuts his long hair and moves. A new life begins. Documentarist Jindřich Andrš follows him every step of the way. Has Tomáš, invited by the media to talk about his progress, become a mascot of a dysfunctional system, as his former colleagues accuse him? Or will his efforts and energy pay off?

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