Alex Plumb tells the story of Angelo – a queer youth who works as a shoeshiner in the streets of La Paz, Bolivia. Composed of brief shots that offer us a fragmentary and powerful portrait of the city, narrated in first person and interspersed with magic visions of saints, the film depicts Angelo’s mythologising of his own story in order to survive the harshness of everyday reality.
– Cristina Álvarez López
Also in this combined programme
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Un adiós para Lilí
Our protagonist cuts the power on customers in arrears, until a new signal is transmitted. -
YUGOTRANSPORT – Wir sitzen alle im selben Bus
Contemporary gastarbeiter comedy with a strong feminist undercurrent, an homage to Yugo-land. -
Stillness of Labor
An abandoned garment factory is reconstituted and reimagined as a labyrinth of labour. -
Film details
- Countries of production
- Bolivia, New Zealand
- Year
- 2022
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 9'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
