THE EMPLOYER AND THE EMPLOYEE

  • Drama
  • | 2021

Directed by Manolo Nieto

Starring Nahuel Pérez Biscayart (César Award winner for BPM, SEE YOU UP THERE)

By the director of the Awards winner THE DOG POUND (Rotterdam IFF) and THE MILITANT (Havana Film Festival)

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 the 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.

 

PRESS

“surprising its powerful hold on the attention”
Demetrios Metheou – Screendaily

“Nieto has us on the edge of our seats waiting for vengeance and carnage”
Jared Mobarak – The Films Stage

“with an elegant and more mature use of ellipses and of the off-screen space”
Alfonso Rivera – CINEUROPA

“soundly handles the story’s visual resources.”
Pablo De Vita – La Nacion

“The most ambitious, risky and accomplished.”
Diego Batlle- Otroscine