Your camera just captured a murder. Now what?
Franco and Roberto, both photojournalists with different perspectives, witnes the violent repression of a young man in a political event. Franco photographs the incident but elements of the candidate's security discover him. Roberto will have the possibility of saving his friend's life risking his own safety.
Direction
Martínez Gómez frames complicity like a horror film.
Cinematography
The camera becomes witness, weapon, and target.
Acting
Ferrer's paralysis of conscience is devastatingly specific.
Director
Mariana Martínez Gómez
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mexican photojournalism has one of the world's highest casualty rates; this film channels real disappearances of reporters covering cartels and corruption.
The title's double meaning—Franco as man and 'franco' as candid/unfiltered—mirrors how the camera both exposes and endangers.
MX
