In Mexico City, a group of construction workers toil to complete a luxurious villa on time. The fall of Claudio from the upper floor to his death devastates his brother Francisco, who worked alongside him. His grief shifts to fury when medical tests allegedly indicate alcohol in Claudio’s system, offering the owner a way out of compensation. Enraged by this outrageous display of injustice, Fransisco meticulously weaves a plan of counterattack. A precise and crushingly effective minimalistic thriller, of organically juxtaposed layers, that “constructs” an edifice of class-clashes and power structures, on its way to an unexpected culmination.
Workforce
Mano de obra
60th TIFF: Greek Premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: David Zonana
- Script: David Zonana
- Cinematography: Carolina Costa
- Editing: Óscar Figueroa Jara
- Sound: Alejandro de Icaza, Enrique Fernandez Tanco
- Music: Murcof
- Actors: Luis Alberti, Hugo Mendoza, Jonathan Sanchez, Horacio Celestino
- Production: Teorema
- Producers: Michel Franco, David Zonana, Eréndira Núñez Larios
- Costumes: Jorge Alberto Trujillo
- Sets: Ivonne Fuentes
- Camera: Miguel Agumendo
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Mexico
- Production Year: 2019
- Duration: 82´
- Contact: Wild Bunch, sales@wildbunch.eu
David Zonana
David Zonana was born in Mexico City in 1989. He has worked as a producer with Teorema (formerly Lucia Films) in films like 600 Miles (Best First Feature Film at Berlinale 2015), Chronic (Palme D’Or for Best Screenplay at Cannes 2015), and April’s Daughters (Jury Prize at Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2017). Workforce (2019), his feature film debut, had its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (Platform Section). It had its European premiere in the Official Selection of the San Sebastian Film Festival. It became the most internationally awarded Mexican film in 2019. It also won the Ariel Awards (Mexican Academy Awards) for Best First Feature and Best Actor. His second feature, Heroic, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2023 in competition and was screened at the Berlin Film Festival 2023 (in the Panorama Section), among other international festivals.
Filmography
2014 Princesa (short)
2016 Sangre alba (short)
2019 Workforce
2023 Heroic
2016 Sangre alba (short)
2019 Workforce
2023 Heroic