a record breaking 20 goya awards. its wins included best film and best actor forjavier bardem, who i think is the main reason to see it. he is the slimy boss of a provincial business that makes industrial scales. he says his workers are his family. he treats them all like his family. the company is up for a business excellence award, and so what he needs is for the company to look good. however, his right hand man is having marital crisis and his work is falling apart. one of the employees has been sacked and has now set up a protest camp outside the factory with banners demanding justice. meanwhile, javier bardem s character is doing what he appears to have done before, which is behaving in a very predatory manner towards a young intern. so it s described by the director as a tragi comic tale of a worn out labour ecosystem, and that is pretty much what it is. i mean, it s a corporate satire. it takes pretty kind of familiar pops at corporate capitalism. the whole fact that they make s
that makes industrial scales. he says his workers are his family. he treats them all like his family. the company is up for a business excellence award, so what he needs is the company to look good. however, his right hand man is having marital crisis. his work is falling apart. one of the employees has been sacked and set up a protest camp outside the factory with banners demanding justice. meanwhile, javier s character is doing what he appears to have done before, which is behaving in a predatory manner towards a young intern. that is pretty much what it is. it s a corporate satire. it takes pretty kind of familiar pops at corporate capitalism. the whole fact that they make scales is a metaphor that is very heavily overworked. the scales ofjustice being tipped they tramp that into the ground a little bit.
able to to sri lanka now, where the country s parliament has gathered to begin the process of choosing a new president. that new leader will replace gotabaya rajapaksa who fled the country and resigned in the face of massive anti government protests. our correspondent secunder kermani reports from the capital, colombo. tight security outside parliament this morning as politicians began the process of selecting a new president. this is the man it s most likely to be ranil wickremesinghe, currently acting leader. he s an old political face and has been the focus of protester anger. do is continue to target with these new multiple launch rocket systems the uk has provided, and with the himars, taking out the russian artillery systems. the himars, taking out the russian artillery systems. the ukrainians in the last month artillery systems. the ukrainians in the last month have artillery systems. the ukrainians in the last month have proved - artillery systems. the ukrainians in the
been the focus of protester anger. here there are demonstrators, though they have handed back other official buildings. if few metres away, the main protest camp, named gota go gama village, a reference to the ousted president gotabaya rajapaksa who they forced to resign and flee the country. but those here have always also demanded ranil wickremesinghe, who is likely to take over from him should resign to. we are halfway there, it is a win, but him still being there is a problem. we need him to step down as well. he is going to be a failed leader just like gotabaya rajapaksa, and the protesters they have gathered to send a failed leader home will gather again.
tight security outside parliament this morning as politicians began the process of selecting a new president. this is the man it s most likely to be ranil wickremesinghe, currently acting leader. he s an old political face and has been the focus of protester anger. the president s office is still under the control of demonstrators, though they ve handed back other official buildings. a few metres away, the main protest camp, named the gota go home village, a reference to the ousted president, gotabaya rajapaksa, who they forced to resign and flee the country. but those here have always also demanded ranil wickremesinghe, who looks likely to succeed him, should resign too. we re halfway there with gota