Fire the Director: The Making of 'The Take' Page #3

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This man is the trustee.

He's the middle man between | the judge and buyers on one side,

and the workers on the other.

Is he the one who sold | all the raw materials?

Exactly. He's the guy | who sold everything.

Is he an enemy?

Yes, yes...

I don't think he's supposed | to be on anyone's side,

but for us he is an enemy.

We were planning to | start work on Monday.

We were thinking that Monday | we would start working.

Really?

OK...

It's important for us to know...

your opinion of this process | we're in.

We have no experience.

All we want to do is fight | for what's fair...

I think it would be best | if you got all your answers...

...in the audience with the judge.

Who is the representative | of the cooperative?

Sir, that would be me. | Pleased to meet you.

Is there a union | representative?

Yes. Mr. Murua, from the movement.

OK, please come in.

Judge:
Let us theorize.

To manage anything | with an occupied factory...

...is practically impossible.

Nobody will make an offer for a | plant which has been taken over.

Now, what would you like to say? | I'm listening.

Lalo:
I'm grateful that you are | listening, Your honour.

For us it was important...

...that our assembly decided to take | over the factory to save the premises...

Judge:
Excuse me, | but they are guarded.

As you have seen, | there is nothing missing.

Lalo:
No, that is not the case, | Your honour.

We have testified before that | there were things missing.

Judge (to Trustees): Gentlemen, | is there anything missing?

Trustee:
We know of absolutely | no change...

Judge:
And we have a signed | inventory...

Trustee:
Your honour, this is | the first I've heard of any of this.

Nobody has ever said even a single | word to us about anything missing.

Lalo:
Excuse me, but I was present...

Trustee:
And I can attest | to this with absolute certainty,

because it deals with | the responsibility of the trustees.

Lalo:
I'm sorry, perhaps I am | not addressing you properly...

Judge:
No problem, you are | addressing me perfectly.

I am clearing things up because | you're confused.

I am fighting for you to get | paid and get working,

and you're getting in my way | by taking over the factory!

I am not interested in your | proposals until you show good faith,

and end the occupation.

The same thing happened...

...with our Lord, Jesus Christ,

who provoked great hatred | great love, and ended up crucified.

Although I don't want | to compare myself to him,

I too...

Why?

Because we have to change...

what's going on under | the interim government.

We need change.

I think that with Menem there | is going to be more stability,

there's going to be work,

and we're not going to have | to beg for 150 pesos a month.

How long are we going | to keep lazing around?

First of all, let's start | with an easy point.

He says he wants to open | factories, Menem closed factories.

He privatized, | and the debt went up.

So Menem, no.

Menem sold everything, | he sold the country.

The politicians want us to believe...

...that through elections we'll | fix everything,

and have justice for all.

But today, the whole IMF team | is at the Sheraton hotel,

keeping an eye on the political | situation in our country.

And it's there where the | decisions are being made, really.

"IMF:
who's controlling them?"

Hi.

Is it so cold?

She's frightened.

We went to La Plata.

And they gave us | the runaround, as usual.

We're going back on Thursday.

Yes, I see that you all came back.

No. This is going to take | a long time.

What a pity.

He says it's only been three months.

Three months? For me, it's been | three years already.

It's long, the struggle.

You know, the virgin I pray to | is deaf.

I have a virgin back there, | poor thing,

she doesn't want | to listen anymore.

She can't take it any more.

Yes, I'm tired.

We've lost all the material things.

Outings with the girls, vacations.

But to share a mat, a plate of food,

a game with the girls,

this we've both tried not to lose.

Even if he comes home tired,

he always has five minutes | to spend with our girls.

No, there are things that they are | not going to steal from us easily.

They may have stolen our dignity,

his above all.

The saddest thing is a man | without work.

A humiliated man.

But I think he's going to get | it all back.

We're here so that he can get | it back.

He, and his companeros behind him.

We're for Kirchner here, | grandmother.

What do you think of him?

Do you think he's all right?

Yes.

I'm going to give you | the ballot. This is the ballot.

Kirchner - Scioli.

Yes.

I'm not going. | I'm not going to vote.

"Voters:
It is forbidden to | distribute ballots within 80 metres

of the polling station"

What's up?

How are you Graciela?

I'm just waiting for a companera | that I came to pick up.

Hey, who are you going to vote for?

For Menem?

I don't know.

Take this, you idiot.

Vote for Kirchner.

According to the exit polls, | Menem is winning.

Lend me your spoon?

I don't want to leave to get one.

It's a blow.

It's a blow because...

...the 19th and 20th was | for "Que Se Vayan Todos,"

every one of them should go."

And there they all are.

Those five candidates there are | the ones that we wanted gone.

Sad.

Very sad.

You can see that Argentines | from 1976 up to now,

have erased their memories.

And they have erased | such recent memories...

... of everything that's | happened to us.

And the one directly responsible is | Menem, for this whole disaster.

In first place, Menem - Romero. | In second place, Kirchner - Scioli.

Scioli being the first candidate | to admit that there will be a runoff.

The guys are cleaning | the factory area by area.

With hope, always thinking | positively.

But underneath there's the chance | that they could evict us at any time.

There's always that danger | stalking us.

We're really afraid: that's | something we can't hide.

"Order, Security. | With Menem, it's guaranteed"

Matilde Adorno | Brukman Worker

I got home from mass | at midnight.

I changed into pyjamas | and turned on the TV.

That's when the phone rang.

I jumped up, knocking over | everything in my path.

My co-worker Elisa said: | "Matilde..."

And that was it. I knew it.

This eviction notice probably | comes from the National government,

maybe with the help of Menem, | with support from the bosses.

Silvia Delfino | Political activist

Brukman belongs

to the workers!

And those who don't like it...

can screw themselves!

can screw themselves!

History is history - there have always | been bosses and workers.

But we are fighting for worker control.

And I think it's possible.

I don't know if I'm getting | ahead of myself here,

but maybe we can run | the country this way.

I can see it now!

I can see it now!

Brukman and Zanon,

under worker control!

Brukman belongs

to the workers!

And those who don't like it...

can screw themselves!

I'm going back to the front.

You stay here and calm things: | it's getting really hot.

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