The struggle to cope with change, a fine line between reality and fantasy, the yearn for a better life, and a surprising connection are but a few of the elements that make up the transient lives of the characters featured in the outstanding Spanish and Latin American short films that make up Vidas en Tránsito.. All shorts in Spanish with English subtitles.
Machulenco Dir. by David Blanco, Spain, 2004, 35mm, 15min FLORIDA PREMIERE
Getting off to an urgent start, Victor, a kidnapped Spanish writer, is about to be executed by the totalitarian Argentine military. Barefoot and beaten, his torturers order him to walk toward a streetlight down the road. As he does this, however, Victor walks toward Machulenco, which is the name of one his scripts and a place that does not exist but will be his salvation.
Ricardo, Piezas Descatalogadas (Ricardo, Obsolete Pieces) Dir. by Hermanos Ricos, Spain, 2005, 35mm, 17min, NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Living on the fringes of a fast-paced world, young taxi driver Ricardo (Carlos Fuentes) is not interested in what happens to people but rather in how people live what happens to them.
Invulnerable Dir. by Alvaro Pastor, Spain, 2005, 35mm, 25min, FLORIDA PREMIERE Elías is just beginning his career as a high school teacher and just beginning his relationship with Pedro when he finds out that he is HIV-positive. Flooded with questions, Elías must cope with the news and tell his loved ones, while accepting the fact that he is not invulnerable anymore.
Fur Maria Dir. by Armando Guerra & Waldo Capote, Cuba, 2004, video, 8min, NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE As naked bodies silently frottage in the swealtering heat of the Havana afternoon, we are left to ponder the poetry of love
David Dir. by Roberto Fiesco, Mexico, 2005, video, 15min, FLORIDA PREMEIRE
Though the “David” of the title of this short is a young mute student who ditches school to go to the movies, he is anything but a wallflower. One afternoon, he meets an unemployed man who tries to communicate with him. Through messages and games, the two will make a discovery they never imagined.
After the screening of Vidas En Transito, you are welcomed to attend the Centerpiece Party at Hotel Nash – only $10.
Total running time: 80 min
Regal South Beach
8:00 pm Screening
$12 Non-Members/ $10 Member - BUY TICKETS
