An essay about corruption and political disappearances in Mexico City under President José López Portillo in the late 1970s, told using archive footage, old family photos and other, apparently random images. The main theme is the son of an acquaintance who went missing. A story about memory and recollection.
Also in this combined programme
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Kreis Wr.Neustadt
Hilarious overview of architectural failures. A road movie that provides new insights, but goes nowhere. -
A Free Moment
Tell el-Full, location for King Hussein’s summer palace, which before 1967 was in Jordan but now is part of Israel, seen through an ingenious camera… -
Le songe de poliphile
A trip to the core of the unconscious, inspired by both the ideas of India as a ‘dreamlike world’ (Jung) and ‘the unconscious of the… -
All the Lines Flow Out
Beautifully photographed work starts at the moment when eight mysterious men, dressed in raincoats, come together from a mountain.
Film details
- Countries of production
- Mexico, USA
- Year
- 2012
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2012
- Length
- 27'
- Medium/Format
- DV cam NTSC
