India Synopsis
This portrayal of the rhythm of life and work in a gigantic textile factory in Gujarat, India, moves through the corridors and bowels of the enormously disorienting structure—taking the viewer on a journey of dehumanizing physical labor and intense hardship.
The 2016–2018 India Window
Machines holds position #221 of 323 India films in the 2016–2018 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s India Landscape
2017 was the decade’s peak output year for India — 124 titles released, including Machines. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (919 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 123 other India films in 2017.
The 1437th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
18 audience reviews — more than 44% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 4th percentile among India films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Machines, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- textile industry · 1
- machine · 1
- sweatshop · 1
- factory · 6
- india · 84
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,271 of 1,983 India films indexed here (36th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Documentary productions specifically: #14 of 18 (top 78%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Finland, Germany, India |
| Original Language | Hindi |
| Spoken Languages | Hindi, English |
| Production Companies | Jann Pictures, Pallas Film, IV Films, Dogwoof |
| Runtime | 1h 11m |
| Release Date | November 30, 2017 |
| IMDb | tt5690244 |