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2012 | Color | 53 min

A shaman´s mystical invocations, a protest of furious electricians on a hunger strike and a euphoric football crowd collide in the Zócalo of Mexico City, the country´s central square and ancient ceremonial heart of the Aztec empire. Mitote (Nahuatl for chaos or celebration) transforms the plaza into a wrestling ring, where national commemorations, postmodern rituals and the remains of pre-Hispanic culture clash to the beat of a country enraged.


Country: México
Direction: Polgovsky; Eugenio
Script: Polgovsky; Eugenio
Production: Polgovsky; Eugenio
Photography: Polgovsky; Eugenio
Sound: Polgovsky; Eugenio
Music: No Problem Studio Ba;
Participation year at FICM: 2012

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