简介：ImmigrantlabournowseemsaninevitableramificationofWesternindustrialisedsociety.Theaffluent,techologicallydevelopedcommunitieshavebeenadeptatdivestingthemselvesofthemoremenialtasksinfactoryorhome,butnotsoeagertocopewiththeproblemsthrownupbytheexitenceoffaracialminority. Araya,achileanemigrantinGermany,worksasadriver'smateattheairport.Hislfe,withhiswifeandtwosons,seemssecureuntilhereceivesnewsthathisbrotherhasbeenarrestedinChilebytheSecretPolice.Arayadecidestopetitionforhisrelease,andbeginscollectingsignatures.Thispoliticalgesturecondemnshim.AccompaniedbyhiseldersonLucho,heistakenforquestioningbyanexaminingcommitteeandsubjectedtoahumiliatinginvestigationofhispast.Heloseshisjob,andattemptstorallysupportfromhiscolleaguesarerejected.They,too,areunderpressure,incapableofactionorcommitment.Thestateofinertiaandalienationseemstotal.…