A band of manual laborers bet their legendarily strong digger against a salesman’s machine in a competition to prove human workers’ worth.

A woman has dinner with her husband and stepchildren and is interrupted by a stranger at the door, which prompts her to reminiscence about her past—the houses, love, and drama.

A determined immigrant man decides to win over a woman by doing what he does best — digging her an underground mansion.

A New Yorker attends a meeting for unemployed workers and the sleazy speakers leave him skeptical about his job prospects.