Swing Shift

Jonathan Demme directs this saga of wartime labor and love. Kay gets a job in an aircraft plant while her husband is fighting overseas. Soon she is juggling friendships, factory work, and a complicated affair with a musician. It's a portrait of a woman's life, albeit a very movie-ish one.

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Swing Shift was released in 1984 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 100 minutes.