The Employer and the Employee
Description
As the title suggests, this slow-burning drama depicts parallel lives and how the dynamics of money and power play out in the wake of tragedy. On a Uruguayan farm close to the Brazilian border, the owner’s son Rodrigo is put in charge of daily operations. He hires teenage tractor driver Carlos, promising sponsorship in an upcoming horse race in return for starting work immediately. Both young men are new fathers, and the film deftly explores the imbalances in the two households. When a calamity strikes, the stakes are raised and the tenuous friendship between Rodrigo and Carlos evolves into a darker portrait of rivalry and economic disparity.
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Manolo Nieto worked in television and as an assistant director on films before making his first feature, The Dog Pound (2006), which won the Tiger Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival. His next film, The Militant (2013) took a critics special award at the São Paulo International Film Festival. The Employer and the Employee (2021) is his third feature.
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Film Details
LanguageSpanish, Portuguese, French
Original Language TitleEl Empleado y el Patrón
Year2021
PremiereCalifornia
Runtime110
CountryUruguay, Argentina, Brazil, France
DirectorManolo Nieto
ProducerManolo Nieto, Bárbara Francisco, Paola Wink, Michael Wahrmann, Nathalie Trafford
Executive ProducerManuel Nieto, Bárbara Francisco, Georgina Baish, Sazy Salim, Paola Wink, Michael Wahrmann, Julia Alves, Nathalie Trafford
WriterManolo Nieto
EditorPablo Riera
CinematographerArauco Hernández Holz
MusicBuenos Muchachos, Holocausto Vegetal
CastNahuel Pérez Biscayart, Cristian Borges, Justina Bustos
Print SourceLatido Films oalonso@latidofilms.com https://www.latidofilms.com/film/the-employer-and-the-employee/
Closed CaptionsClosed captions are not available for this screening.
Audio DescriptionAudio description is not available for this screening.
American Sign Language (ASL) InterpretationAmerican Sign Language (ASL) interpretation is not currently scheduled for this event. For more information about ASL interpretation at our events, e-mail ADA@SFFilm.org.
