A man says goodbye to machines that know more about him than anyone alive.
Memory is a ghost. Lucio, a printing press worker, takes one last walk around the machines with whom he shared everything. He remembers when his mechanisms used to move and through that mechanical movement he reflects about his own life.
Cinematography
Lingering shots turn industrial metal into elegiac sculpture.
Sound
The presses speak louder than any dialogue could.
Director
Nicolás Gutiérrez Wenhammar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
La Prensa's presses printed Argentina's history for decades; this film captures their final breath before digital obsolescence.
Barrientos isn't acting—he really operated these machines for 40 years, making every glance at the camera a collaboration with grief.
MX
