tropic of cancer
TRÓPICO DE C�?NCER
TROPIC OF CANCER
Mexico 2004
režija/directed by
Eugenio Polgovsky Ezcurra
scenarij/screenplay
Eugenio Polgovsky
fotografija/cinematography
Eugenio Polgovsky
glasba/music
Cesar Franck
montaža/editing
Eugenio Polgovsky
zvok/sound
Isabel Muńoz, Enrique Greiner
nastopajo/featuring
Maria Reyes, Gamaliel Reyes, Neftalí Salazar, Placida Sánchez, Xavier Enríquez, Anastasio and Fulgencio «Los tules», Raúl Salazar, Reina García, Ramiro López, Israel Castillo
produkcija/production
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica
Calzada de Tlalpan 1670
Col. Country Club
04220 Mexico City, Mexiko
T 55 1253 9490
eovsky@yahoo.com.mx
format/format
Digital beta, barvni/colour
dolžina/running time
52′
prodaja/world sales
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica
Calzada de Tlalpan 1670
Col. Country Club
04220 Mexico City, Mexiko
T 01+5255-12 539490
carla@ccc.cnart.mx
festivali, nagrade (izbor)/festivals, awards (selection)
Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico 2004 (best documentary)
FICCO, Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival 2005 (“La Pieza” Best director)
Festival Cinéma du Réel, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France2005 (Joris Ivens Prize)
Festival des Ecoles de Cinema, Reencontres Internationales Henri Langlois, Poitiers France, 2005 (special prize of the international jury)
Xican-Indie International Film Festival, Denver 2005 (best documentary)
Green Film Festival, Seul 2005 (Grand Prize)
At the latitude of the “Tropic of cancer” in the desert of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, various families survive by hunting animals which they consume or sell by the highway. The people who live in the common lands of Charco cercado and its bordering villages subsist under conditions of misery and abandonment. They are forced to venture into the arid and dangerous environment. Children and male adults design techniques and build tools, whit which they hunt under the intense sun, and between huge cacti’s thorns, poisonous serpents, and many other risks. Hunger is their main worry, and apart from eating some of what they hunt, they transport it to the bank of the highway that crosses the area. Only a few meters from the speeding trucks, women and little children wait from dawn to dusk for some a curious traveler to make a fast stop to buy the flora and fauna of this exotic zoo. At this moment all the characters are brought together and the products of nature are bought for some money.
TRÓPICO DE C�?NCER
TROPIC OF CANCER
Mexico 2004
režija/directed by
Eugenio Polgovsky Ezcurra
scenarij/screenplay
Eugenio Polgovsky
fotografija/cinematography
Eugenio Polgovsky
glasba/music
Cesar Franck
montaža/editing
Eugenio Polgovsky
zvok/sound
Isabel Muńoz, Enrique Greiner
nastopajo/featuring
Maria Reyes, Gamaliel Reyes, Neftalí Salazar, Placida Sánchez, Xavier Enríquez, Anastasio and Fulgencio «Los tules», Raúl Salazar, Reina García, Ramiro López, Israel Castillo
produkcija/production
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica
Calzada de Tlalpan 1670
Col. Country Club
04220 Mexico City, Mexiko
T 55 1253 9490
eovsky@yahoo.com.mx
format/format
Digital beta, barvni/colour
dolžina/running time
52′
prodaja/world sales
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica
Calzada de Tlalpan 1670
Col. Country Club
04220 Mexico City, Mexiko
T 01+5255-12 539490
carla@ccc.cnart.mx
festivali, nagrade (izbor)/festivals, awards (selection)
Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico 2004 (best documentary)
FICCO, Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival 2005 (“La Pieza” Best director)
Festival Cinéma du Réel, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France2005 (Joris Ivens Prize)
Festival des Ecoles de Cinema, Reencontres Internationales Henri Langlois, Poitiers France, 2005 (special prize of the international jury)
Xican-Indie International Film Festival, Denver 2005 (best documentary)
Green Film Festival, Seul 2005 (Grand Prize)
At the latitude of the “Tropic of cancer” in the desert of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, various families survive by hunting animals which they consume or sell by the highway. The people who live in the common lands of Charco cercado and its bordering villages subsist under conditions of misery and abandonment. They are forced to venture into the arid and dangerous environment. Children and male adults design techniques and build tools, whit which they hunt under the intense sun, and between huge cacti’s thorns, poisonous serpents, and many other risks. Hunger is their main worry, and apart from eating some of what they hunt, they transport it to the bank of the highway that crosses the area. Only a few meters from the speeding trucks, women and little children wait from dawn to dusk for some a curious traveler to make a fast stop to buy the flora and fauna of this exotic zoo. At this moment all the characters are brought together and the products of nature are bought for some money.
