Direction: Santiago 'Bou' Grasso & Patricio Plaza
Idea: Patricio Plaza
Animación / Animation: Santiago Grasso / Patricio Plaza
Productora / Production company: Opusbou

The Employment is a short film written by Argentine artist Patricio Plaza and directed by Santiago Grasso that provides a strong message on work, alienation and how each of us takes part in a system in which people exploit other people, helping an unfair system continue functioning.

The highlight of the short lies of course in its acid humor, and how it creatively replaces objects with human beings that are being used as such. To transmit a sense of alienation slow visual rhythm and audio pace are used (except for the street scene), together with desaturated colors, expressionless characters with black eyes (many of the characters remain static) and monotonous background ambient sound.

The authors decided to provide a nice element of hope after the critical social commentary, which can be found at the end of the short, right after the credits.