El Empleado y el Patrón
The Employer and the Employee
Fiction | Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, France | 2021 | 106 min | French, Portuguese, Spanish
Synopsis
The employer is a young man who apparently has everything going on for him, except one pressing concern: his baby’s health. The employee is looking for a job to support his newborn too, so does not hesitate when the first decides to hire him to work in his lands, even if he lacks experience. Both will meet their needs by helping each other. But one day an accident happens. This unexpected event will strain the ties between them, endangering the fate of the two families.
Director
Part of the new Uruguayan generation of cinema. In 2006 he wrote and directed his debut feature, La perrera, which went through Films in Progress 2005, appeared in Horizontes Latinos in 2006 and won the Tiger Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival. It was followed by El Lugar del Hijo, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and won the FIPRESCI Award at the Havana Film Festival.
Latin American Premiere
Director - Directors
Manolo NietoGuión - Screenplay
Manolo NietoProductor - Producer
Manuel Nieto, Bárbara Francisco, Georgina Baisch, Cecilia Salim, Paola Wink, Michael Wahrmann, Julia Alves, Nathalie TraffordMúsica - Music:
Buenos Muchachos, Holocausto VegetalSonido - Sound:
Catriel VildosolaCinematografía - Cinematography:
Arauco Hernández HolzEdición - Editor:
Pablo RieraDirección de Arte - Production Design:
Alejandro Castiglioni, Nicole DavieuxIntérpretes - Cast
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Cristian Borges, Justina Bustos, Jean Pierre NoherContacto - Contact
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