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August 1978. What begins as a typical workday for a crew of maximum security inmates doing forced labor in a steel plant will prove to be fateful for all of them. After finding something extraordinary inside one of the machines, violence sparks and the prisoners begin taking hostages and blocking the entrance to the workshop. The men risk their lives, because sometimes the desire to be human is stronger than the instinct to survive, and the dream of salvation often blurs common sense.
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In the Heart of the Machine (2022)
115 min
Heat, iron, dust and the smell of oil. A typical workday of maximum security inmates will prove to be fateful for all of them. They find something extraordinary inside one of the machines, and an unexpected wave of compassion makes the prisoners take hostages and block the entrance to the workshop and risk their lives, because sometimes the desire to be human is stronger than the survival instinct.

In the Heart of the Machine (2022)
115 min
Heat, iron, dust and the smell of oil. A typical workday of maximum security inmates will prove to be fateful for all of them. They find something extraordinary inside one of the machines, and an unexpected wave of compassion makes the prisoners take hostages and block the entrance to the workshop and risk their lives, because sometimes the desire to be human is stronger than the survival instinct.