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Frágil equilibrio / Delicate Balance

(Opens with the short film "El buzo / The Driver")

Frágil equilibrio / Delicate Balance

A film by Guillermo García López

Spain/Uruguay/USA/Morocco/Mexico/Jordan/Japan/Hong Kong/Chile, Globalization/Social Issue Documentary, 2016
81 min, Color
Spanish, English, French, Japanese with English subtitles

North American Premiere

www.fragilequilibrio.com

FRÁGIL EQUILIBRIO is a journey across the world, highlighting our common dreams, hopes, and humanity. It focuses on three stories in Africa, Spain, and Japan, each of which addresses modern day issues. In Morroco, African immigrants try to cross over to Europe by climbing the fences that separate Morocco from Spain. In Spain, the economic collapse leaves citizens homeless, and in Japan, salary-men work themselves to death chasing after an unattainable dream. The stories are tied together by the words of the former President of Uruguay, José Pepe Mujica, who gained notoriety on the world stage as a rare politician: one that lives according to the ideas and principles he preaches. His extensive interview, conducted while still in office, became the blue print for the documentary.

Producer: Pedro Gónzales Kühn
Production Companies: Sintagma Films
Screenwriter: Guillermo García López
Cinematographer: Pablo Burmann
Editor: Guillermo García López, Victoria Lammers
Sound Design: José Luis Alcaine Bartolomé
Music: Zeltia Montes