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2008 | Color | 12 min

A group of Chinese Mexican teenagers barricade themselves inside an abandoned building in Tijuana. As the outside world is closed off and they sit entrapped, their surroundings and actions become a powerful commentary on their own social existence.


Country: México
Direction: de la Torre; Sergio
Production: de la Torre; Sergio
Photography: Lopez; Jair
Sound: Kubic; Chris
Cast:Dalong; Liang, Meiyan; Liang, Yanling; Cen, Yanhong; Wu, Wenfeng; Wu, Yanqing; Wu
Art direction: Brown; Sergio
Participation year at FICM: 2009

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