THE TORONTO International Film Festival is mega — over 300 films were screened this year — and among them were debut features and documentaries that caught the eye, among them Workforce from 29-year-old Mexican director David Zonana.

Highlighting the catastrophic consequences of class inequality and the violation of workers’ rights, it tells the story of young construction worker Francesco, who seeks justice when his brother dies in front of him on a luxury-home building site.

His widowed sister-in-law is told she will get no compensation from the accident and the tragedy is the starting point for a fierce and meticulous examination of cycles of economic abuse in what's a heartbreaking and hard-hitting human story.