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00:00On top of a building, Gabriel watches the city. He's a low-ranking guardian angel and his duty is
00:05to save people from crashing while texting and driving. He appears in the back seat of their
00:09cars and with just a little touch, he makes them stop the vehicle just in time. One day Gabriel
00:13sits behind Arj, an aspiring documentarian who does random jobs to survive. Today he's frustrated
00:19because he's been turned down for another job and he admits he's close to giving up. After reading
00:23the texts, Gabriel touches Arj to make him stop the car, but now he's worried about Arj's mental
00:27state. Afterward Arj does some chores for the app task sergeant. First he goes to a popular bakery
00:32that has a very long line outside. He's not there to buy anything for himself, he's being paid by
00:37someone else to wait in line for them. After two hours of waiting, the clerk announces that there
00:41are no buns left. Arj calls his client to explain that he won't be charged for the buns but also
00:46asks him not to cancel the task, pointing out that he waited two hours so he should be paid.
00:50Sadly the client cancels the task anyway. Arj gets even more frustrated when he discovers that most
00:55of the buns were bought by Jeff, a rich guy who is priority for being an investor. Next he goes
01:00to
01:00a client's house to do their laundry while a rude kid keeps asking him why he isn't using his college
01:04degree. Arj gets so irritated that he starts ranting, telling the kid that he has no future
01:09and the American dream is dead. This earns him a bad rating on the app. Other chores include putting
01:13together someone's desk and restocking some shelves at a hardware store. As he drives around the city to
01:18work, he ends up with a parking ticket. Gabriel never stops watching him. During lunch at the hardware
01:23store, Arj is approached by Elena. She is trying to start a labor union to improve the working
01:28conditions, but Arj isn't interested because he's just a freelancer. Elena points out that he still
01:33deserves better treatment, but Arj thinks that things will never improve. In the evening, Arj bumps
01:37into Elena at a food stall and they end up having dinner together. Arj tells her about his dream to
01:42be a documentarian and she's very supportive. Gabriel is glad to see that Arj is finally smiling.
01:47Afterward Arj goes to a store's parking lot to spend the night in his car. When his father calls,
01:51Arj pretends he has an apartment and that he's interested in hearing about his cousin's success.
01:56Since he's been having trouble sleeping, he plays a sleep assistant podcast,
01:59but it keeps getting interrupted by ads because he can't afford a subscription.
02:03Sometime later, angel manager Martha gathers all the guardian angels to hear their stories.
02:07Each of them protects people from different things, like tsunamis and accidental falls.
02:11One of the angels is in charge of lost souls and shares a very emotional story about teaching
02:15a person how to find meaning in life again. That person was very grateful to the angel for his
02:20guidance, and Gabriel finds himself craving the same thing. After the meeting, Gabriel asks Martha
02:25to give him more meaningful duties. However Martha tells him it's an extremely difficult job and he
02:29isn't ready. Meanwhile Arj's life continues to be terrible. Sometimes a guard finds him sleeping in
02:34the parking lot and Arj has to convince him not to kick him out. Whenever he has to shower,
02:38he uses the local gym. A homeless man named Leonard also uses this gym and they often chat when they
02:43bump
02:43into each other. Gabriel continues to watch him with curiosity. One day Arj is hired by Jeff through the
02:49app to clean his garage and does a very quick and efficient job. Jeff promises to give him five
02:53stars and shares his snacks. He says that he's a very busy guy too, but when he reads his to
02:58-do list
02:58they're all silly things like getting stuff for his party and finding a shaman. Arj says he could work
03:03as an assistant, and Jeff agrees to give him a one-week trial. As days pass, Arj proves what a
03:08reliable
03:08worker he can be. He works fast and can come up with alternate solutions for random issues on the spot.
03:13No matter what Jeff asks for, Arj is ready to do it. Jeff is extremely pleased with Arj's
03:18performance so he hires him properly and gives him a company credit card for expenses. Now Arj can
03:22afford to stay in a motel. Sometime later Jeff decides to inform Arj that he has a gun in the
03:27house in case of an emergency and tells him the password to the drawer. When Jeff hears that Arj
03:31has a date, he lends him a jacket and recommends an affordable restaurant. That evening, Arj and Elena
03:36are having a wonderful time together. However when Arj sees the prices on the menu, he's horrified.
03:41It turns out this place only counts as cheap for rich guys like Jeff. Arj doesn't want to look bad
03:46in front of Elena so they dine there anyway. When the bill comes Elena says they should split,
03:50but Arj volunteers to pay and uses the company credit card. The next day Jeff asks Arj about
03:55the dinner bill on the credit card. Arj apologizes and explains what happened, promising he'll pay
03:59Jeff back. However Jeff fires him anyway. Now Arj has to leave the motel, and since he can't find any
04:05tasks on the app he has no choice but to sell plasma. Arj ends up throwing up because he feels
04:10sick while
04:10Jeff is throwing up in a cleansing ritual. That night, Arj falls asleep at a restaurant and a
04:15waiter kicks him out. When he goes outside, he discovers that his car has been towed. Seeing Arj's
04:20life fall apart, Gabriel decides he's a lost soul who needs his help. He then appears in front of Arj,
04:25who obviously freaks out. Gabriel explains he knows everything about Arj and tells him there's a lot
04:29to live for. With just one touch, he shows Arj a vision of his future where he works as a
04:34delivery
04:34driver with awful long shifts and lives with Elena at her mother's house. Eventually the couple gets
04:39steady jobs and moves to Texas, but their salaries are still not enough to pay for surgery for their
04:43sick dog so they'll have to put the pet down. When they return to reality, Arj yells at Gabriel,
04:48saying that the terrible life in that vision is still not something to hope for. Gabriel explains
04:52that this isn't usually his job so he isn't sure how to bring hope to people. Arj mentions that he
04:56wants a life like Jeff's, so Gabriel decides he must teach him that the rich life isn't as great as
05:01people say. He touches Arj and a light takes over his vision. When Arj wakes up, he's inside a car
05:06in
05:06the store's parking lot. However it's a very fancy car and he's wearing nice clothes, so when the guard
05:11approaches him, he's much nicer and understands that falling asleep was just an accident. The car's
05:15computer asks him if he wants to go home and shows him the route. In the morning, Arj arrives at
05:20Jeff's
05:20house. While he looks around he's approached by Jeff, who is dressed casually and says he's done with his
05:25chores. Arj asks him whose house this is and Jeff says it's Arj's. After Arj finds his own pictures
05:30around the house, Gabriel shows up to explain he's exchanged Arj's life for Jeff's. In one week,
05:35he'll come back to see if Arj has learned a lesson. As days pass, Arj is incredibly happy.
05:40He enjoys spending money on whatever he wants, asks Jeff to do all the chores, and having to work
05:45is just going to fancy restaurants to make a couple of decisions for the company.
05:48If something is broken in the house, Arj easily pays for it and doesn't understand when Gabriel
05:53mentions the annoyance of minor inconveniences. Eventually Arj visits Elena, who doesn't know him
05:57in this reality. They immediately hit it off and have a date at the same restaurant as last time,
06:02but tonight the waitress tells them that their dinner is free. At the end they even kiss,
06:06and Gabriel starts to worry about this plan backfiring. At the end of the week, Gabriel
06:10asks Arj if he wants to return to his old life and Arj obviously says no. When Arj worries that
06:15Gabriel
06:15will force him to go back, Gabriel has to admit he doesn't have the power to do so. He can
06:20only make
06:20things normal again if Arj consents. That night Gabriel tells Martha what he did and she freaks out,
06:25revealing that Gabriel was originally supposed to help Elena. She orders him to convince Arj to go back
06:30and takes Gabriel's wings as punishment. The next day, Arj is having a pool party. Gabriel shows
06:35up and says this isn't fair to Jeff as he touches him to make him remember everything. Jeff freaks
06:39out for a few seconds before passing out from the shock. The guests think Jeff is dead and
06:43immediately leave. Moments later Jeff is asking Arj for his life back and promises him to pay him
06:48two hundred thousand dollars as thanks. Arj points out that Jeff spends that just on one watch and
06:53calls him a cheapskate. An argument ensues and Gabriel has to interrupt them to explain that Jeff won't
06:57remember anything when they change back because this is Arj's experience. After arguing some more,
07:02Arj agrees to switch back but only if he gets a few more days to have fun first. Jeff takes
07:06the deal
07:07and says he's capable of living well again because it's just a matter of working hard. Since Gabriel
07:11lost his wings, he needs a place to stay and asks Jeff to be his roommate. They end up sharing
07:16a bed in
07:16a motel room and Jeff has questions about angels. Gabriel explains that he couldn't fly because his wings
07:21were too small, only higher ranked angels have bigger wings. The next morning the motel manager tells
07:26them they need to go. Jeff convinces her to let them stay another day and promises to bring the
07:30money in the evening. Now Jeff has no choice but to start taking delivery requests from an app while
07:35Gabriel follows him around. Soon Jeff realizes how difficult it is to be poor, clients treat him
07:40badly and don't tip well, they also blame him for mistakes on the orders that were actually caused by
07:44the restaurant. He's always in a hurry and other drivers get mad at him for causing traffic problems.
07:49To make matters worse, many restaurants have replaced delivery boys with robots. At the end of the day,
07:54Jeff is furious to discover that the app pays at the end of the week and they can't afford the
07:57motel,
07:58so the duo has to sleep in the car. Meanwhile Arge invites Elena to come to Paris with him,
08:03but she turns him down because she has some work to do for the labor union.
08:06Arge complains and Elena gets upset, explaining that he may be rich but she's still an employee
08:10and has to fight for the quality of her life. Since Arge doesn't seem to understand, she leaves.
08:15Feeling very depressed, Arge goes for a ride and starts texting while driving,
08:19which causes an accident that leaves him in a coma. Soon Gabriel hears the news from a colleague and
08:24informs Jeff that he'll have to be poor for a few more days since Arge can't consent while in a
08:27coma.
08:28Jeff freaks out and convinces Gabriel he should ask other angels for help. Later Gabriel goes to Martha,
08:33who decides that this is too big a mess and fires Gabriel. He'll have to live like a human,
08:37although Martha will reconsider making him an angel again if Arge agrees to make things normal again.
08:42Gabriel's body immediately starts changing. He can feel his skin sweating and something funny in his
08:46stomach. Afterward Jeff takes Gabriel to a fast food restaurant. Gabriel has never eaten before
08:51so he has lots of questions, like how he's supposed to know when he's done chewing. When he finally
08:56eats, he's immediately amazed by all the different flavors. He also admits he's scared, so Jeff assures
09:01him that he has a plan. The next day Jeff decides to visit one of his companies, hoping he can
09:05offer
09:06new ideas that will get him a job. However he's kicked out without being heard. Three weeks later,
09:11Jeff has applied for hundreds of jobs and yet not a single company has called him back.
09:14Meanwhile Gabriel has become addicted to the internet, so Jeff decides he must get a job too.
09:19Soon Gabriel finds himself washing dishes in a restaurant. When he finally gets his first check,
09:24he freaks out because the government takes a big part of it and what's left isn't enough to live.
09:28His co-worker Felipe tells him he needs a second job and confesses he is three.
09:32Gabriel is baffled since he doesn't have time for a second job or to do things for himself.
09:36At the hospital, Arge finally wakes up and the nurse tells him that Jeff and Gabriel checked on him
09:40several times. Refusing to go back to his old life, Arge asks the nurse for some details about
09:45coma side effects. That night Jeff gets a delivery request for his old home and he gets happy because
09:50he realizes Arge is awake. When Jeff arrives, Arge pretends he doesn't recognize him and says he has
09:55amnesia because of the accident. He even gives him a pamphlet as proof. In the evening Jeff drops the news
10:00on Gabriel, who is hating human life so much that he started to smoke. Jeff keeps asking for help and
10:05Gabriel gets an idea. Originally he was supposed to help Elena, so perhaps if he guides her to the right
10:10path now,
10:10Arge will be affected as well. The following day in the break room of the hardware store,
10:15an employee is tired of Elena insisting they need a union. Elena doesn't give up and gives a speech
10:19about doing the right thing. Gabriel suddenly appears and supports everything she says,
10:23also offering some inspiring words. However when they realize he doesn't work there, the guards kick
10:28him out. Later the employees finally vote for unionization but sadly most of them are against the
10:33idea. Gabriel watches how sad Elena is on the bus and decides to get drunk. Felipe finds him drinking
10:38on the street and decides to cheer him up by taking him to a club. While having fun on the
10:42dancing
10:42floor, Gabriel bumps into one of the drivers he saved in the past, and Felipe explains she's his
10:47wife. Seeing the happy couple makes Gabriel realize that his job does matter. In the meantime Jeff
10:52receives a message from the delivery app. Next week they'll be shifting to primarily robot deliveries
10:56and Jeff's rating doesn't meet their standards, so his account is terminated. Jeff furiously starts
11:01cursing and when Gabriel arrives, he goes on a rant about the system. He can't understand how people
11:06aren't depressed all the time and finally realizes how messed up the system is. The moment is interrupted
11:10by the police, who tow his car because of all the unpaid tickets. Desperate for money, Jeff decides
11:15to go to his house to get his watches. Arge is having a birthday party on Jeff's birthday date and
11:20even
11:20dances using Jeff's routine. While Jeff hides, Gabriel starts getting worried when he notices that Arge's
11:25dad and Leonard are also here, not looking poor anymore. Elena is a waitress for the catering service
11:30and Arge tries to talk to her, but she says she has to work and ignores him. At the balcony,
11:35Leonard finds Arge looking very sad. Arge explains that Elena doesn't want him because he's rich and
11:39he feels bad for having stolen all this. Leonard points out that all fancy people stole stuff to
11:44become rich and says that Arge is different because he bought an apartment, food, and new clothes for
11:48Leonard. Rich people usually don't even talk to the poor. Meanwhile Gabriel eats some chocolates
11:53without knowing they're filled with Mary Jane. He feels very funny and chats with a woman until he
11:57falls asleep. After the party is over, Arge convinces Elena to dance with him. Then Elena says she should have
12:03gone to Paris with him because fighting was pointless. She lost her apartment and is now
12:07sleeping in her cousin's car. Yet she refuses to go to Paris with him now because she's too aware of
12:12how badly things are for her people. Once the apartment is mostly empty, Jeff comes out and
12:16opens the drawer with the expensive watches because the password is the same. After taking the watches
12:20Jeff tries to leave, but Arge sees him and panics, so he opens fire. Jeff cries in pain because a
12:26bullet
12:26hit his arm and Arge checks on him, saying this is what Jeff told him to do with the gun.
12:30That makes Jeff
12:31realize that Arge has been faking the amnesia. The next day at the hospital, Arge apologizes to Jeff
12:36and asks Gabriel to change their lives back. However Gabriel explains that if Arge really meant it,
12:41it would have already happened. Arge only wants the exchange because he feels guilty,
12:44not because he thinks his life is worth living, and that doesn't count. Jeff thinks it's stupid
12:49because nobody would be excited about being poor. Until they think of another solution,
12:53Arge tells Gabriel and Jeff to stay in the fancy house with him. The three men get to relax and
12:57have
12:57fun together. Soon Martha shows up to check on Gabriel, who says he doesn't understand how he's
13:02supposed to give hope to humans if their lives are awful. Martha explains that a lost soul doesn't
13:06need an angel, they need another person. Gabriel doesn't understand but Martha disappears without
13:11another word. Later the guys go out for some tacos and Arge is surprised to see Elena. She tells him
13:16that she and her co-workers are making plans to try to fight for the union again. Elena has learned
13:20that change doesn't happen overnight, so she needs to keep on fighting through the losses. When she asks for a
13:25place to have fun, Gabriel takes everyone to the club. After dancing for a while, Gabriel is still
13:30sad about being a failure and goes to sit outside. Arge comes to comfort him and says he can't give
13:35up,
13:35so Gabriel points out that Arge gave up too and their situations are the same. They have no future
13:40and no place to live. However he also admits that being human taught him lots of enjoyable things,
13:44like eating, dancing, and making friends. Arge realizes that all the friends he has as a rich person
13:49are fake and misses the times he used to spend with his family, who love him for who he is.
13:53He says Gabriel is the best angel he could have gotten and confesses that he wants a future that
13:57he's built with his own hands and wasn't stolen. This means he's finally accepted that life is
14:02worth living. Gabriel smiles and touches his shoulder. When Arge blinks, he finds himself back
14:07on the night that his car gets towed. The employee from the restaurant feels bad for him and offers him
14:11a ride. Meanwhile Jeff feels lonely in the big house. In the morning, he finds the parking tickets
14:16that Arge got while working for him. Eventually Arge tries to get his car and discovers that Jeff has
14:21already paid all his debt. Then Arge calls his dad and finally tells him the truth about his situation.
14:25His father is very supportive and reveals that his cousin was caught evading taxes.
14:30The next time Jeff goes to a company meeting, he announces they're improving the salary and
14:34benefits of the app workers. He refuses to keep using robots or AI anymore, and if anyone doesn't
14:39like his decisions, he'll fire them. Later Arge gets a delivery driver job like in Gabriel's vision.
14:44However he doesn't want to have that awful future, so he announces he's quitting with a message on the
14:48whiteboard. The other workers are inspired and choose to do the same. Then Arge starts working
14:53on a documentary about gig workers and continues to date Elena. One night after they have tacos,
14:58he leaves one on the table for Gabriel.
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