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(The film has a sometimes-voyeuristic feel, nodding to Sehiris past as a documentarian.)

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Each conversation hints at larger forces dictating the laborers lives.

Why would Abdou leave a place with better job opportunities for this?

You have to keep your guard up, she tells her younger sister with an older-than-her-years gravitas.

Youre the one who has to obey, Mariam reminds her.

The workers know theyre undervalued and expect to be underpaid.

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