The story of the film takes place in the United States in the 1930s. At the height of the Great Depression in the United States, everyone in the society was struggling in their own lives. Charlie is an ordinary worker, living at the bottom of society. Everyday life is to work crazy day after day, hoping to get a poor salary to fill the stomach. Although life is dim, Charlie struggled hard. However, in the face of the depression of the times, Charlie still cannot guarantee his life, even if it is the minimum requirement.
At this time, the management of the factory began to squeeze the employees frantically, and the dizzy work made people numb. Charlie naturally became one of them. He struggled with the production line all day long. Since his task was to tighten the hex nuts, the only thing he could see in his eyes was a passing moment. Hex nut. As a result, all the hexagonal things in Charlie's life have suffered, because as long as he sees the hexagonal things, Charlie can't help but twist. A woman on the street with hexagonal buttons on her skirt was brutally murdered by Charlie. But the factory owner will not stop. He even thinks that workers have too long to eat, so he famously introduced a brand-new eating machine in order to improve the work efficiency of workers. This kind of eating machine can "feed" the workers to finish the meal in the shortest time, which can naturally save a lot of time for work. Charlie unfortunately became a "trial product". Unexpectedly, there was a problem with the machine during the trial. Not only could it not be stopped, but he also started to go crazy. As a result, Charlie was almost crazy. In the end, Charlie was still unemployed. He reluctantly but reluctantly became a member of the unemployed army. Then he accidentally became the leader of the demonstration, but he still couldn't change his destiny. After learning from it, Charlie discovered that the only place where he didn't have to worry about starving to death and worrying about his livelihood was the prison! So he began to plan how to go to prison again, but he tried every means to get him into the prison, including to cover the crime. However, no matter how hard a life is, Charlie’s kind nature cannot be changed. Although he himself cannot guarantee food and clothing, he rescued a stray woman who stole bread on the street, and gained the love of this woman. The two lived through each other’s lives together." The modern era".
