Absences
A boy and his father disappear one morning, snatched off the road by armed men. Left behind, alone with her daughter, Lulu, a victim who refuses to give in, decides to tell the unacceptable story: the unfillable void, the absence of loved ones, the unanswered questions and the suffocating silence. A poignant film on a part of current Mexican history that must be told at all costs.
| Director | Tatiana Huezo |
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The film opens with some amateur video footage: parents and children reunited in the same bed, the joy of being together, the last remains of what used to be a family. How does one film absence and pain – and the strength to go on living? Making exceptionally good use of cinematographic language, Tatiana Huezo examines Mexico’s dark side. She gives us the perspective of a woman, a mother. Once again, she’s on the side of those who’re left behind. Their loved ones have disappeared without trace. We listen to her story, her emotion and how hard it is to love the child that’s still there when the other child has gone. From this personal tale emerges a trajectory of collective resistance, the struggle to go on living made up of simple things such as watching one’s child swim.
Éva Tourrent
Filmmaker and Tënk France's Artistic Director
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FR - Absences
Language: Français
- Année 2015
- Pays Mexico
- Durée 28
- Producteur La Sandía Digital
- Langue Spanish
- Sous-titres French, English
- Résumé court In Mexico, Lulu, left alone with her daughter, tells the absence of her son and of her companion, kidnapped by armed men.
The film opens with some amateur video footage: parents and children reunited in the same bed, the joy of being together, the last remains of what used to be a family. How does one film absence and pain – and the strength to go on living? Making exceptionally good use of cinematographic language, Tatiana Huezo examines Mexico’s dark side. She gives us the perspective of a woman, a mother. Once again, she’s on the side of those who’re left behind. Their loved ones have disappeared without trace. We listen to her story, her emotion and how hard it is to love the child that’s still there when the other child has gone. From this personal tale emerges a trajectory of collective resistance, the struggle to go on living made up of simple things such as watching one’s child swim.
Éva Tourrent
Filmmaker and Tënk France's Artistic Director
-
FR - Absences
Language: Français
- Année 2015
- Pays Mexico
- Durée 28
- Producteur La Sandía Digital
- Langue Spanish
- Sous-titres French, English
- Résumé court In Mexico, Lulu, left alone with her daughter, tells the absence of her son and of her companion, kidnapped by armed men.
