Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World(2023)

7.0/10
103 votes
164 minSeptember 27, 2023

Overview

On behalf of a multinational company, a production assistant drives around the Romanian city of Bucharest, interviewing various citizens who have been injured due to work accidents to cast one of them in a “safety at work” video.

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