Ismail and Hakan leave their villages, for the first time, to work at a lavish all-inclusive resort on the Turkish Riviera. The eager new recruits quickly realize the divide between guests and staff, and what at first seems exhilarating—drunken foam parties, all-you-can-eat buffets, conversations with foreigners—becomes exhausting—breathalyzer tests, food waste and customer complaints. The Upstairs, Downstairs dynamic forces them to carefully consider what matters most to them: their identity and personal beliefs, or their professionalism and customer service? Does labour determine a person's worth? Can work put a price on your values? Over the course of two summers, Hakan struggles to be "the nobody" that management expects, while Ismail works the system with silence and smiles; what's certain is that they are no longer the same young men who started on the job. All-In shows how employment and capitalism fundamentally changes them, transforming their desire to make a difference into indifference and self-interest. Angie Driscoll
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