Hard Labor

Name: Hard Labor
Genre: Drama, Horror
Released: October 30, 2015
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 55

2015

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Cinema Slate | Release Date: October 30, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: Young housewife Helena is on the verge of fulfilling a dream as she prepares to open her own business: a neighborhood grocery store. She hires a maid, Paula, to take care of her house and daughter. But when her husband Otavio is suddenly fired from his job as an insurance executive, Helena is left to support the family alone. As OtavioYoung housewife Helena is on the verge of fulfilling a dream as she prepares to open her own business: a neighborhood grocery store. She hires a maid, Paula, to take care of her house and daughter. But when her husband Otavio is suddenly fired from his job as an insurance executive, Helena is left to support the family alone. As Otavio fails to find work and becomes increasingly alienated, business struggles to take off and the pressure on Helena mounts. To make things worse, she discovers that one of the building's brick walls seems to be crumbling. Helena begins to wonder if that may be the cause of all her problems.… Expand

Director: Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra

Genre(s): Drama, Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 99 min

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Alan Scherstuhl

Oct 27, 2015

The film's brittle and quiet, on occasion touched with the techniques of horror, especially as Helena stalks her store after hours. It's also trenchant, stinging, and acted with great frumping subtlety. Read full review

Andy Webster

Oct 29, 2015

The filmmakers, largely forgoing a soundtrack, skillfully manipulate stillness, silence and anomie to unsettling effect. Read full review

Deborah Young

Oct 29, 2015

There is a darkness in all these “average” characters, underlined by low-key acting and the film’s sinisterly calm, measured pace. Read full review

Noel Murray

Apr 7, 2016

At its best, the film has the quality of a nightmare, one that keeps happening whether the characters are asleep or awake. Read full review

Jay Weissberg

Oct 29, 2015

Hard Labor teeters uncertainly between horror and social commentary. It feels as if the helmers tried to imagine what Bunuel would have done if he had made a horror film. Read full review

Diego Semerene

Oct 26, 2015

The allegorical possibilities of a disintegrating wall point to a film that could have been. Read full review

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