Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Michael Moore | ... | Self | |
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Johnny Fancelli | ... | Self |
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Christina Fancelli | ... | Self |
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Lorena Lardini | ... | Self |
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Luigi Lardini | ... | Self |
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Annarita Lardini | ... | Self |
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Claudio Domenicali | ... | Self |
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Salvatore Bernaducci | ... | Self |
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Valérie Rano | ... | Self |
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Krista Kiuru | ... | Self - Finnish Minister of Education |
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Pasi Majasaari | ... | Self - High School Principal |
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Anna Hart | ... | Self - First Grade Teacher |
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Leena Liusvaara | ... | Self - School Principal |
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Arttu Taipale | ... | Self - Finnish Student, year abroad in U.S. |
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Meghan Smith | ... | Self - teacher, U.S. Native |
To show what the USA can learn from rest of the world, director Michael Moore playfully visits various nations in Europe and Africa as a one-man "invader" to take their ideas and practices for America. Whether it is Italy with its generous vacation time allotments, France with its gourmet school lunches, Germany with its industrial policy, Norway and its prison system, Tunisia and its strongly progressive women's policy, or Iceland and its strong female presence in government and business among others, Michael Moore discovers there is much that American should emulate. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
Just like Mr. Moore's previous works, brilliant, raw and based on the truth and statistics. The contrast was overwhelming and sickening but he finished it on a positive note. That if only we realize we, the people, realize we have all that it takes, we can bring the wall down, one hammer and chisel at a time. But as one of the guys in the movie said we have "a long way to go". He covered all the relevant issues of our today's society, from women's equal pay to nutrition, from student loans to bankers getting away with murder, from criminalization of drugs and its connection to race to police brutality, from an overworked and underpaid society to disappearance of middle class, from capital punishment to mistreatment of the incarcerated, and more....It is eye-opening and educational, to say the least and makes you wonder why we we "go home and are okay" with all of this. Because "nobody should be".