Willy, thankfully, does not die. Instead, his pursuer — we’ll call him a colleague because we never learn his name — lets him go. He tells Willy, whose boss has caught on to the affair between his girlfriend, Marlena , and Willy, to run as far as he can and forget his dalliance. What the colleague doesn’t know is that Marlena and Willy, lovers separated by circumstance, made a pact to leave Mexico separately and find each other later.
It takes Willy some time to adjust to life on the farm, but with the help of the other migrants, most of whom are also Mexican, he learns the ropes. Grbovic and his cinematographer and co-writer, Sara Mishara, take great care to detail the laborious tasks the workers do and the casual intimacy of their bonds. Close-up shots of the lettuce fields are interspersed with scenes of the men clustered together, nimbly removing the outer layers of the romaine heads and bagging them in plastic.
Running alongside Willy’s narrative is a domestic tale involving the white French Canadian family that owns the farm. Richard is considered one of the better bosses in the area because he gives his employees decent housing and does not fire them at random. A low bar, indeed. He lives in a humble home a short distance from the main farm with his dissatisfied wife, Julie , and their rebellious daughter, Léa .
Léa’s inaction and Julie’s passivity are fascinating to watch, and results soon unfold. Both parties, previously eager to use the farmworkers’ presences either for their own fantasies or simply for their service, are quick to turn on them the moment the situation becomes inconvenient. Willy, for better or worse, manages to escape this situation and continue his search for Marlena. Guerrero
is an appealing presence onscreen, and it’s a shame that his character does not have a more robust backstory. As Willy begins running again, this time sprinting away from the broken promises of a new life, one wonders what else, in addition to his love, motivates him.Cast: Jorge Antonio Guerrero, Hélène Florent, Claude Legault, Marine JohnsonExecutive producer: Nicolás Celis
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