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12-year-old Haruna endures life as an orphan after her parents are killed in an earthquake.
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| Chicago ReaderDrew Hunt[A] meticulous and poetic study of industrial labor. |
| Village VoiceMelissa AndersonUndeniably, the rhythms — of clanging machines, of humans at work and repose — seen and heard here are the tempo of the quotidian and the repetitive. Yet even in their mundanity, these factory routines are not without their exalted moments. |
| Slant MagazineJesse CataldoA chronicle the act of labor as both a universal function of life and a spectacle in itself. |
| Gay City NewsSteve EricksonJoy of Man's Desiring" confirms my impression that Denis Côté is the most talented Canadian director to emerge since Guy Maddin. |
| The New York TimesNicolas RapoldAs with his other features, brevity — in this case, 1 hour 10 minutes — has a way of making the film seem minor. It’s a little diffuse, but it suggests that Mr. Côté is trying out a sketch, with more experiments to come. |
| VarietyRonnie ScheibStatic, strikingly composed documentary stretches are interspersed with actors playing workers who voice a variety of complaints, appreciations and parables that deliberately, even pointedly, fail to encompass the sense of being there amid the unfolding spectacle. |
| Montreal GazetteBrendan KellyIt's interesting to get a glimpse of a world many of us know little about but Côté is not the kind of filmmaker who's into explaining what he's filming or giving it any context. |