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international short filmsSaturday April 21, 4:00 AM, Regal Metropolitan Theater 11
In a dark and treacherous place, a prisoner and his guard share the oppression of a perverse system that tortures them. Kept in the same isolation, and risking their lives while doing so, they build a relationship through a story as the only way to escape the cruel reality.
Violeta, Rosa and Celeste Yupanqui, orphan triplets that have shared the same liquid environment from the maternal womb, are unbeatable champions in synchronized swim. They have been promoted by a small town colonel that transformed them into the symbol of his political propaganda. Everything is arranged for them to participate in the Olympic Games, but Rosa falls in love.
A woman searches for a man she knows will never be found again, but she ends up finding another one who needs to hide himself in order to be found.
Pedro makes a rustic coffin to bury his brother, who was brought home dead. In silence, the mother holds a wake and suffers the loss of her son while the family is flattered by the eminent guests who arrive to convey their condolences.
A visit from Christian missionaries to a remote part of the Navajo Nation, circa 1950, has
Share the Wealth creates an absurd, highly stylized environment where nothing is out of the ordinary, setting one woman’s personal transformation against a backdrop of everyday chaos and uncertainty.
A coming-of-age ritual defines the relationship between a thirteen-year-old boy and his estranged father. |
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