Christopher Vourlias Heretic, the Athens-based boutique production company and sales agent, has acquired world sales rights for “Working Class Heroes,” by director Miloš Pušić, which will have its premiere in the Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama strand.
Variety has also been given exclusive access to the film’s trailer.Starring award-winning Serbian actress Jasna Đuričić, who played the lead role in Jasmila Žbanić’s Oscar-nominated “Quo Vadis, Aida?,” “Working Class Heroes” follows a cold-hearted businesswoman working for a construction investor of dubious morals.
Her main task is to oversee the illegal workers on the construction site and protect the image of the company at all costs. But as they are brought face to face with the brutal reality of capitalism, the unpaid and exhausted workers have to take their fate in their own hands.
When they decide to stand up for their rights, the construction site becomes the setting for a clash of social classes and morals.“When we first watched ‘Working Class Heroes,’ we immediately felt the urgency to be part of their team and share this story with the world,” said Heretic co-founder and producer Giorgos Karnavas. “It carries a message that needs to be delivered.
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