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Hard Labor

Juliana ROJAS / Marco DUTRA

Brazil2011 99min 35mm Color Korean Premiere

Synopsis

When her husband Octavio is suddenly fired from his job, she is left to support the family alone from her newly open grocery store. One day, she discovers that one of the store’s brick walls seems to be crumbling. Hard Labor interweaves emotional tensions from loose mystery plot with sharp observation on crisis of middle class and class conflict.

Diretor

Juliana ROJAS

Juliana and Marco studied at the São Paulo University’s Film School. Their graduation short film The White Sheet was shown in many festivals around the world. Their second short, A Stem, was selected for the International Critic’s Week in Cannes 2007, and won the Kodak Discovery Award for Best Short Film. Hard Labor is their first feature film.

Marco DUTRA

Juliana and Marco studied at the São Paulo University’s Film School. Their graduation short film The White Sheet was shown in many festivals around the world. Their second short, A Stem, was selected for the International Critic’s Week in Cannes 2007, and won the Kodak Discovery Award for Best Short Film. Hard Labor is their first feature film.