When the last factory in his Rust Belt town shuts down, Allery Parkes cannot simply go home and sit still, and that refusal reshapes everyone around him.
What is Working Man about?
Working Man centers on Allery Parkes, an aging career employee who has spent his working life at the town's factory and has no idea how to be a person without it once the doors close for good. Rather than accept retirement, he keeps showing up at the shuttered plant each morning and going through the motions of a job that no longer technically exists, a strange, stubborn ritual that his wife Iola watches with worry rather than support. What begins as one man's private denial slowly becomes something larger when Allery strikes up an unlikely friendship with Walter Brewer, his more outspoken and charismatic neighbor, and the two set out to actually revive the defunct plant rather than mourn it. The film treats its Rust Belt setting with plain-spoken seriousness, following how one quiet, unglamorous act of persistence ripples outward through a community that has already made peace with decline, producing results that surprise everyone, including Allery himself.
About the cast
Peter Gerety anchors the film as Allery, opposite Talia Shire as Iola, with Billy Brown as Walter Brewer and support from J. Salome Martinez, Patrese McClain and Bea Cordelia rounding out the town's cast of characters. The performances stay understated throughout, matching the film's interest in ordinary people making an unlikely choice rather than grand gestures.
Context & significance
A 2020 American drama, Working Man belongs to a small but persistent tradition of films built around post-industrial decline and the workers left behind by it, told through one specific, unglamorous small town rather than broad statistics. Director Robert Jury keeps the camera close to Allery's daily routine, letting the repetition itself carry the emotional weight of the story. At 109 minutes, the film gives its central friendship room to develop at an unhurried pace.
Watching Working Man on Ktime
Working Man streams on K-Time with both a Farsi dubbed version and Persian subtitles available, so viewers can pick whichever suits them. Browsing the page costs nothing, and watching the film itself requires only logging into a K-Time account. The platform's Farsi-first design makes quieter, character-driven dramas like this one easy to discover for Persian-speaking audiences.