Freddy emigrates to Buenos Aires in search of a more prosperous life. In his native country, Bolivia, he left his family. But the capital of Argentina is not the paradise he dreamed of, and much less for illegal immigrants like himself. But even with that, he gets a job as a griller in a restaurant.
Acting
Freddy Flores carries exhaustion in every stillness.
Direction
Caetano's handheld intimacy never lets you look away.
Director
Adrián Caetano
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot on 16mm with non-professional actors; Flores was an actual Bolivian immigrant Caetano found working in a Buenos Aires pizzeria.
Released during Argentina's 2001 economic collapse, the film became a document of two nations in simultaneous freefall.
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