Can Dialectics Break Bricks?

Can Dialectics Break Bricks?

A toast to the exploited!

1973 · 90 min · ★ 6.8 · Comedy, Action

A Hong Kong martial arts movie redubbed by situationist René Viénet. The narrative focuses on a conflict between proletarians and bureaucrats within state capitalism. The proletarians enlist their grasp of dialectics in the fight against their oppressors, while the bureaucrats defend themselves using a combination of co-optation and violence.

Directed by René Viénet

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