Lataff 2023 Program

El empleado y el patrón / The Employer and the Employee

Uruguay, 2021
Narrative
Saturday October 21, 8 PM
Directed by Manuel Nieto Zas
In Spanish with English subtitles, 106 min


Rodrigo is a young landowner who is in charge of one of his father’s fields in northern Uruguay. He is married to Federica and has a very young son with potential health problems. Faced with the need to operate a harvester, he hires Carlos, a young man from the area who is also married and has a young daughter. An unexpected situation will strain the relationship between both families.


Rodrigo es un joven hacendado que está al frente de uno de los campos de su padre al norte del Uruguay. Está casado con Federica y tienen un hijo muy pequeño con probables problemas de salud. Ante la necesidad de manejar una cosechadora, contrata a Carlos, un joven de la zona que a su vez está casado y tiene una hija pequeña. Una situación inesperada tensará la relación entre ambas familias.


2023 Program