Au Bonheur des Dames ?

Everyday life/Biography, Belgium 2018

"They" are between 20 and 65 years old. They are "housekeepers" as we still say too often. Every morning they go to work for others. Some of them have not studied: they have worked in factories or on the black market. Others have been saleswomen, educators, teachers or nurses. And then there were the changes in life; a man who left or went away, kids who were waiting, schedules that made family life impossible in a job that they loved, and they plunged into housework: this work that no one wants and that since the dawn of time has been reserved for women. A job that, according to a widely held opinion, does not require any qualification. Today, more than 165,000 women are employed in the "Titres-Services" sector. This choral song outlines the condition of these courageous and luminous women who are taking the challenge of writing a new page in their work...
68 min
HD
Starting at 0
Audio language:
French
Subtitles:
Dutch

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Composer:

François Petit

Editor:

Idriss Gabel

Original title:

Au Bonheur des Dames ? La vie à bras le corps

Original language:

French

Format:

16:9 HD, Color

Age rating:

Starting at 0

Audio language:

French

Subtitles:

Dutch