Juliana Rojas & Marco Dutra • 2011 • Brazil
Blending neorealist class critique with elements of subdued horror, Hard Labor dissects both the material and supernatural implications of a middle-class couple slowly succumbing to precarity in a globalized world.
Helena's dream is finally coming true—she has found the perfect location to open her neighborhood grocery store. However, she senses something amiss; the space becomes a setting for strange occurrences, portends of the building's sinister past.
Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra's first feature premiered at Cannes, SXSW, and Sitges, where it won Best Director.
Watch this featurette on the making of Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas's Hard Labor
Watch Sunday, a short film by Marco Dutra, one of Hard Labor's directors
Watch We Were Born Today, a short film by Hard Labor co-directors Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas
Watch Doppelgänger, a short film by Juliana Rojas, one of Hard Labor's directors
Watch Concert Number Three, a short film by Marco Dutra, one of Hard Labor's directors
