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2013 | Color | 72 min

Inside the elevators of the oldest multi-family residential building in Latin America, life goes by quickly. Bodies and stories crowd together in front of the elevator operators’ eyes in the small metal box. Elevator operators are spectators, guardians and confidants. They are the ones who know the living history of the buildings.

 


Country: México
Direction: Ortiz Maciel; Adrián
Script: Ortiz Maciel; Adrián
Production: Viveros Lavielle; Hatuey
Photography: Viveros; Hatuey
Sound: Lira Castro; Rodrigo
Music: Ayhllón; Carlo
Participation year at FICM: 2013

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