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2008 · 80 mins · Spanish
Directed by
Manuel Ferrari
Starring
Julián Larquier Tellarini, Ignacio Rogers, Nahuel Viale, Julián Tello, Inés Efrón

A restless young man abandons school to confront his own existence. He encounters two classmates unaware of his intention, and the trio spends a day drifting through the historic center of Buenos Aires. As night falls, he slips away, leaving his friends asleep on a train. Alone, he roams the illuminated streets while the city’s surveillance cameras watch, until he ultimately vanishes into the night.

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