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The Inheritors(Los Herederos)

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Mexico · 2011
1h 30m
Director Eugenio Polgovsky
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An immersive story of the daily lives of children and their families surviving only by tirelessly laboring in the poorest rural areas of the Mexican countryside.

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The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis

His film opens with a lullaby, and while there is indeed something soothing in his images of repetitive, backbreaking toil, the music also serves as a reminder of childhood lost.

75

Slant Magazine by Jesse Cataldo

Assembled from short, naturalistic shots of people at work, the documentary becomes a bittersweet testament to labor and a damning representation of a vicious cycle, its images speaking entirely for themselves.

80

Time Out by Keith Uhlich

Toward the end of the film, a few hard-hitting cuts between young and old brings the title's meaning home: These children have an inescapable life of drudgery before them, and there's little likelihood it will change anytime soon.

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