Sweatshop Girl (2023) User Reviews (2)

Raw depiction of social injustice and labor explotation.

[hectorramirez-73112 · 9/10 · 7 September 2023]

I had the opportunity to watch this short at the International Short Film Festival of Mexico and I must say it was one of the best of the competition by far.

Selma Cervantes nails it showing the awful conditions and labor explotation workers must face.

Even though it's placed during the Covid pandemic, most of these situatios are currently happening on a daily basis (for example, making you sign a resignation letter the same day you are hired so they can fire you whenever they want) making you think how used we are toward these abusive practices.

Yalitza Aparicio gives a wonderful performance, showing the distress we all have felt when we think we could loose our source of income, struggling while trying to hide her pregnancy and trying to go unnoticed. The last scene was heartbreaking and I have to say I was impressed of how good she managed the role.

Subtle but meaningful

[monica_b_mb · 7/10 · 8 January 2024]

Mánchester Acatitla was an interesting directorial work by Selma Cervantes, and two years later she doesn´t dissapoint with her new project.

Selma doesn't need a lot of time nor a lot of lines to transmit powerful messages about the reality of the worforce and Yalitza Aparicio manages all the nuances of her character with her gaze, few lines, and expressions.

The rest of the cast is good too, they all handle their characters very well, and the rythm is the addecuate to tell the story fairly.

I´m so happy to see this short getting shown in a lot of festivals and very glad to see Yalitza news projects and opportunities since her debut in Roma.