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  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Cinema Slate
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Cinema Slate
  • 1 h 39 m

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 Otavio f...

Directed By: Marco Dutra, Juliana Rojas

Written By: Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Cinema Slate
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Cinema Slate
  • 1 h 39 m

Hard Labor

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
55
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings
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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 Otavio f...

Directed By: Marco Dutra, Juliana Rojas

Written By: Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
55
33% Positive
2 Reviews
50% Mixed
3 Reviews
17% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
55
33% Positive
2 Reviews
50% Mixed
3 Reviews
17% Negative
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80
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.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 29, 2015
The filmmakers, largely forgoing a soundtrack, skillfully manipulate stillness, silence and anomie to unsettling effect.
By Andy Webster FULL REVIEW
60
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.
By Deborah Young FULL REVIEW
50
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.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
50
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.
By Jay Weissberg FULL REVIEW
38
Oct 26, 2015
The allegorical possibilities of a disintegrating wall point to a film that could have been.
By Diego Semerene FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings
5.5
50% Positive
3 Ratings
17% Mixed
1 Rating
33% Negative
2 Ratings

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17% Mixed
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33% Negative
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Production Company Dezenove Som e Imagens, Africa Filmes, Filmes do Caixote, Ancine, Leis de Incentivo do Governo Federal, Lupo, MINC, Oi/Oi Futuro, Prefeitura de Paulinia, ProAc, Sabesp, Santander Seguros, Secretaria Municipal de Cultura de São Paulo
Release Date Oct 30, 2015
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.dezenove.net/
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Awards

Prêmio Contigo Cinema, Brazil
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Paulínia Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Prêmio Guarani
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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