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- In No Man's Land tells the story of K'ara K'ara, a poor migrant suburb growing around the city dump of Cochabamba, Bolivia. Fighting for the closure of the contaminating landfill, a women's movement, led by charismatic Rita.
- How is the arrival in the world of human beings in our modern society? How is their birth? How should it be? The director of the documentary seeks to answer these questions by finding a daunting and cruel reality. But during the filming of the documentary something unexpected happens, she becomes pregnant and facing the harsh reality that she found in hospitals and doctors, she solves to record herself and become the star of her own movie, because she has made a decision; to bring her baby into the world in a different way.
- It is the dead of night and there is a blackout in the city. A single mother is visited by Cándido, her former partner and her most recent failure as a father figure for her little daughter. He returns as he wants to protect them in the dark, probably...
- In the solitude of the night, Luis, the watchman, spies on Rebeca, a woman from his workplace for whom he has a strange obsession.
- There is no greater tragedy for any mother than the loss of her child. Against the majestic backdrop of the Venezuelan Andes, Marcelina and Mercedes recount the story of their daughters Nancy and Maria José. At the precarious age of 15, the two girls decided to end their lives. Director Eliezer Arias places their deaths in the broader perspective of rural communities where suicide is taking on epidemic proportions. It is the young men in particular who are drinking the pesticide Parathion to bring an end to a hopeless situation. A father of 13 children explains that only two of his five sons are still alive. Flies and suicide are everywhere, but no one talks about them. This fraught silence echoes through the design of the film. Those left behind stare into the lens, silent and immobile. Intercut with shots of the magnificent scenery and photographs of the deceased, the scenes from daily life combine to create a calm and associative sequence of images. In the accompanying voice-over, the two mothers reveal aspects of the drama that left such a devastating mark on their lives.
- A teenage boy falls in love with her cousin, while his frightening uncle is aware and tries to stop them.
- Recluido entre el maltrato y el abuso, un niño intentará escapar de la cruel realidad en la que se encuentra.