Workforce

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Workforce

2019

1h 22m

Drama

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A woman seeks justice when her husband -- a construction worker -- suspiciously falls to his death in Mexico City.

Jonathan Romney

Film Comment Magazine

It's a taut, concise, bracingly uneasy film, all the more involving because it starts off promising a realistic drama of the working life, almost in a Loachian vein, then becomes something else entirely, something closer to an absurdist political parable.

Rated: A+

Mar 6, 2020

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Deborah Young

Hollywood Reporter

Though modestly made, this drama is both fleet - at just 82 minutes - and very precise, steadily working its way toward a payoff that is understated yet packs a punch.

Sep 14, 2019

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Wendy Ide

Screen International

It's the kind of measured, intelligent provocation which is tailor-made for the festival audience, and should go on to screen extensively at other events.

Sep 8, 2019

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Sergio Huidobro

EscribiendoCine

In the end, Workforce is a critique of social structure and an exploration of the human condition, where survival sometimes requires difficult decisions. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 6/10

Aug 19, 2024

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Alonso Díaz de la Vega

El Universal

In Mano de trabajo we find a tone that despises melodrama in favor of a more credible representation. [Full review in Spanish]

Dec 9, 2021

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Ernesto Diezmartinez

Letras Libres

"Zonana refuses to dramatize the tragedy". [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/4

Dec 31, 2020

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Joaquin P

It starts with a very realistic argument, but the last half changes completely the direction. It left some open points at the end.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/17/24

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Synopsis

A woman seeks justice when her husband -- a construction worker -- suspiciously falls to his death in Mexico City.

Director: David Zonana
Producer: David Zonana, Michel Franco, Eréndira Núñez Larios, Sandra Paredes
Screenwriter: David Zonana
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 31, 2020
Runtime: 1h 22m