The Employer And The Employee

As young boss Rodrigo prepares to take control of the family farm, he urgently needs an experienced worker to collect the harvest in the field. A worker who has worked with them for many years proposes his son Carlos. Carlos, who left his wife and newborn baby behind and started to work, is also preparing for the horse race that he plans to participate in. The film examines the ups and downs between the young boss and worker, as well as their spouses. To what extent will this network of relations determined by economic and social contradictions allow mutual trust and friendship? Director Manuel Nieto Zas successfully uses the location as well as the character in this contemporary issue of class and conscience.

MANUEL NIETO ZAS

Born in 1972 in Montevideo. He is part of the new generation of Uruguayan cinema. In 2006, he wrote and directed his debut feature film, The Dog Pound, which won Tiger Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival. It was followed by The Militant, which in addition to writing and directing he also produced. It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and won, among other awards, the FIPRESCI Award at the Havana Film Festival. The Employer and the Employee is his third feature film.