Uruguay also entered the Oscar competition

Charso Press: “Employer and Employee” or “Boss and Employee” has been nominated as the representative of Uruguay to participate in the 95th Academy Awards.

This movie is directed by Manolo Nieto.

The Recruiter and the Hired premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, but it took until the spring of 2022 to be shown in Uruguay’s own cinemas.

This drama involves a tragedy and 2 men, one of them is the owner of the farm and the other is his 18-year-old worker. The recruiter is a young man from a middle-class family and he lives a modern life and does not conform to the traditional stereotypes of rural production; But he has a serious goal and that is his physical health. The recruit is younger than him and in urgent need of a job to support his newly formed family and this is where tragedy strikes and portrays the bonding of 2 men in a complex relationship of happiness, freedom and work.

The role of the hired hand is played by Christian Borges in his first acting role. 36-year-old Argentinian actor Nahol Perez Biscayart also played the role of a recruiter. Biscayart is known for acting in French cinema, but he has also acted in other countries and has made a brilliant record in recent years. Among his new films, we can mention his acting in films that were selected for Oscars by 5 countries, including “Aura” and “Mozam” for Argentina, “Farewell to Europe” for Austria, “Persian Lessons” for Belarus, which of course because Most of the film’s English language was disqualified, “BPM” for France, which also won a César Award, and now called Uruguay.

He speaks 3 languages, French, Spanish and English, and also knows a little Chinese, German, Italian and Portuguese.

This movie is made in Spanish and its duration is one hour and 50 minutes and it has scored 86% on Rotten Tomatoes website.

Before this, Ireland, Switzerland, South Korea and Taiwan entered the Oscar competition.

The last time to introduce selected countries’ films to the Oscar Academy is October 3 (October 11).