Rules of the Assembly Line at High Speed

A small town in Western Germany is the last stop for 26000 pigs per day and a brief home for masses of Eastern European temporary workers The workers of the largest slaughterhouse in the country are fighting for survival while German activists who stand up for their rights are fighting against the local authorities At the same time Munich high school students are working on the play Saint Joan of the Stockyards and trying to grasp the old text and German capitalism of our days Interwoven with the young peoples examination of the text in the rehearsals the film deals in various fragments with conditions and facets of temporary work and labour migration in Germany