An alien takes over the body of a factory worker in order to learn about Earth so his race can take it over.
Direction
Gregoretti's Brechtian staging makes factories feel like alien worlds.
Acting
Salvatori commits to physical comedy while barely blinking.
Writing
Satire so on-the-nose it circles back to genius.
Director
Ugo Gregoretti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Italy's economic miracle, the film weaponizes sci-fi to attack Fordist exploitation years before Brazil or They Live.
The factory sets were real operational plants; workers reportedly couldn't tell Salvatori was acting.
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