International Panorama · 43rd Edition
THE ODD-JOB MEN
SIS DIES CORRENTS
Director
Neus BALLÚS
Country
Spain
Runtime
1 h 25 min
Language
Catalan, Spanish, Berber
Premiere
MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)
Synopsis
In order to get through his one-week probationary contract, a young Moroccan plumber has to deal with equally eccentric colleagues and customers. The Odd-Job Men tells the story of a week in the life of Moha, Valero and Pep—workers in a small plumbing and electricity company in the outskirts of Barcelona
Cast
Paqui Becerra, Pep Sarrà, Valero Escolar, Mohamed Mellali
Screenplay
Neus Ballús, Margarita Melgar
Producers
Miriam Porté
About the Director
A Spanish film director and scriptwriter. She earned a degree in editing and filmmaking from Barcelona's Pompeu Fabra University. Her work has grown out of the fertile soils of genre hybrids, dealing with some of the most relevant contemporary issues, such as racism, post-Colonialism and social inequalities.
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