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Directors
Marco Dutra,
Juliana Rojas
Cast
Helena Albergaria,
Marat Descartes,
Naloana Lima,
Gilda Nomacce,
Marina Flores,
Lilian Blanc
Genre
Drama,
Fantasy,
Mystery
Young housewife Helena prepares to open her own business: a neighborhood grocery store. When her husband Otavio is suddenly fired from his job, Helena is left to support the family alone. As Otavio fails to find work, the pressure on Helena mounts. She begins to contemplate whether her business is the cause of all her problems.
Village Voice by Alan Scherstuhl
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.
The New York Times by Andy Webster
The filmmakers, largely forgoing a soundtrack, skillfully manipulate stillness, silence and anomie to unsettling effect.
The Hollywood Reporter by Deborah Young
There is a darkness in all these “average” characters, underlined by low-key acting and the film’s sinisterly calm, measured pace.
Los Angeles Times by Noel Murray
At its best, the film has the quality of a nightmare, one that keeps happening whether the characters are asleep or awake.
Variety by Jay Weissberg
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.
Slant Magazine by Diego Semerene
The allegorical possibilities of a disintegrating wall point to a film that could have been.
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