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Hatzín (Hatzín Navarrete), a young Mexican, travels to collect the remains of his deceased father, found in a common grave in the deserted landscape of northern Mexico. On his way home, an unexpected encounter with a man similar to his father, Mário (Hernán Mendoza), gives hope to the young man, who, questioning his father's death, insists on not leaving Mário. The meeting marks the beginning of an emotional relationship between the two, shrouded in moral dilemmas and serving as a political exposé of Latin America’s fragile work conditions.
Directed by Lorenzo Vigas, The Box (2021) is the last chapter of the trilogy Elephants Never Forget (2004) and From Afar (2015) dedicated to the absence of the father figure, an indelible trace in Latin American identity.
The screening of the film will be followed by a conversation with director Lorenzo Vigas.
Directed by Lorenzo Vigas, The Box (2021) is the last chapter of the trilogy Elephants Never Forget (2004) and From Afar (2015) dedicated to the absence of the father figure, an indelible trace in Latin American identity.
The screening of the film will be followed by a conversation with director Lorenzo Vigas.
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Cast:
Hernán Mendoza, Hatzín Navarrete, Cristina Zulueta -
Original Title:
La Caja -
Country:
United States of America, Mexico -
Year:
2021 - 90' EN, ES, Subtitles: PT
Director
Lorenzo Vigas
Director, screewriter and producer, Vigas was born in Venezuela and lives in Mexico City.
He studied Molecular Biology, but, as he said: «science will never allowed me to express myself and I had this hurge to express. I knew its was something visual». He studied Cinema in the University of New York. Directed the short Los Elefantes Nunca Olvidem (2004), and his first film, Desde Allá (2015), has won the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival, where he has premiered, em 2021, La Caja, that ends the “the father trilogy”, and was in competition at LEFFEST’21, where we won two awards: The Jury Special Prize and Best Screenplay.
He studied Molecular Biology, but, as he said: «science will never allowed me to express myself and I had this hurge to express. I knew its was something visual». He studied Cinema in the University of New York. Directed the short Los Elefantes Nunca Olvidem (2004), and his first film, Desde Allá (2015), has won the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival, where he has premiered, em 2021, La Caja, that ends the “the father trilogy”, and was in competition at LEFFEST’21, where we won two awards: The Jury Special Prize and Best Screenplay.
