Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011)

In a world teetering on the edge of oblivion, the mechanisms that once made society thrive are stuttering to a bitter end. Factories echo with silence, transportation systems wheeze to a halt, and granaries stand empty. The architects of the world as we know it, the brilliant entrepreneurs and industry captains, are mysteriously vanishing, their absence felt in the cold emptiness of the crumbling cities. In the midst of this dystopian nightmare, the once booming chorus of commerce is replaced by the whispered question that hangs heavy in the air: Who *is* John Galt? In this near future, where prosperity is deemed politically incorrect and working for personal gain is vilified, anti-competition laws strangle corporations into closure. The world is held hostage by a twisted ethos that champions the common good over individual achievement. Amidst this chaos, Dagny Taggart, the resilient executive of a once mighty transcontinental railroad, stands as one of the last bastions of success. Struggling against the tide of industrial collapse, she grapples with mounting challenges while striving to keep her railroad company alive. As the world disintegrates around her, she begins a desperate search for the missing entrepreneurs, believing that their absence holds the key to salvation. Dagny suspects that the answer to this societal collapse lies with a remarkable invention and the enigmatic man who created it - the man who vowed to stop the motor of the world. Now, as despair grips the world, everything hangs in the balance. Finding this man and revealing the truth becomes Dagny's sole mission, and the only hope for a world on the brink. The enigma of John Galt becomes the last beacon in the darkness, a symbol of a world that was, and might yet be again.

Atlas Shrugged: Part I is a drama movie featuring Taylor Schilling.

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