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2001 | B/N | 1 min 28 seg

Life passes by between the bars and people never change. A caged elephant: for us, an animal like any other in the zoo. For him, the illusion of freedom that he sees in us, the power that we have in knowing we are apparently free.


Country: México
Direction: Velasco Figueroa; Paulina
Script: Velasco Figueroa; Paulina, Arroyo; Juan Pablo
Production: Velasco Figueroa; Paulina
Photography: Velasco; Paulina
Sound: Velasco Figueroa; Paulina
Music: and the Muse; Faith, Van Flower; Tara
Art direction: Velasco Figueroa; Paulina
Participation year at FICM: 2003

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