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The Employer and the Employee (2021)

The Employer and the Employee poster
Original title
El empleado y el patrón
Directed by
Manolo Nieto
Genre
drama film
Country
Argentina, Brazil, France, Uruguay
Runtime
1h 47m
Rated
14
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man takes over his father's ranch and hires a new worker. An unexpected event changes everything.

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What happens

The Employer and the Employee (Spanish: El empleado y el patrón) is a 2021 drama film written and directed by Manolo Nieto. It tells the story of a young man to whom his father entrusts the administration of his lands and must take on the obligation of hiring a new staff to make the ranch work properly, where an unexpected and irreparable event will happen. It stars Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Justina Bustos, Cristian Borges, Fátima Quintanilla and Jean Pierre Noher. It was selected as the Uruguayan entry in the Best International Film at the 95th Academy Awards. The film had its world premiere on July 9, 2021, at the Cannes Film Festival and then had a limited release in theaters in Argentina on January 13, 2022, under the distribution of Latido Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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