Year: 2019
Runtime: 74 mins
Language: Spanish
Director: Paula Markovitch
A young man living in the suburbs of Iztapalapa, Mexico City, unexpectedly finds himself cast as the lead actor in a new film. As the movie premieres at the Berlinale film festival, he becomes concerned about how European audiences might perceive Latin American cinema, fearing it will be reduced to depictions of hardship and suffering.
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