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'The film takes place over the course of a day, following Jane, a junior assistant who has been working at a film production company in New York for five weeks. She arrives early and performs various menial administrative tasks. It becomes clear that her boss has been having sex in his office and facilitating a culture of sexual harassment at the company. A young inexperienced woman arrives from Idaho, saying she has been offered a job. Jane, concerned for the woman's welfare, goes to the Human Resources department to file a report. The HR employee she speaks with encourages her to share her concerns, but then makes it clear he is turning a blind eye to the harassment. She leaves, upset, and gets yelled at by her boss, who has clearly been informed of the report, when she returns to her desk. At the end of the day, her boss is staying in his office late with the woman. Jane goes to a coffee shop across the street and sees a silhouette of them appearing to have sex.' (Production summary)
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Works about this Work
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Evocative Debut on MeToo
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6 June 2020; (p. 12)
— Review of The Assistant 2019 single work film/TV -
For The Assistant, Filmmaker Kitty Green Gets beyond the #MeToo Headlines to Expose a Toxic Office Culture
2020
single work
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— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , June 2020;'There's a pivotal, and chilling, moment in The Assistant — the acclaimed new movie by Australian filmmaker Kitty Green — in which Jane (Julia Garner, Ozark), the entry-level underling of a New York studio mogul, visits the company's human resources director, concerned that a young female colleague has become the latest victim of her predatory boss.' (Introduction)
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Evocative Debut on MeToo
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6 June 2020; (p. 12)
— Review of The Assistant 2019 single work film/TV -
For The Assistant, Filmmaker Kitty Green Gets beyond the #MeToo Headlines to Expose a Toxic Office Culture
2020
single work
column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , June 2020;'There's a pivotal, and chilling, moment in The Assistant — the acclaimed new movie by Australian filmmaker Kitty Green — in which Jane (Julia Garner, Ozark), the entry-level underling of a New York studio mogul, visits the company's human resources director, concerned that a young female colleague has become the latest victim of her predatory boss.' (Introduction)
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