An angel begs Death to undo his humanity — in 3 devastating minutes.
An angel, now a man, who chose to leave everything behind and become human, realizes he is tired of living in a city he doesn't understand. So he asks Death for help, so that she can return him to his former life. A poetic critique of the city of Lima, inspired by the poems of Blanca Varela and Marco Martos.
Cinematography
Lima becomes a character of concrete and ache.
Direction
Vásquez packs a lifetime of regret into 180 seconds.
Director
Yasmín Vásquez
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film channels Peru's 'generación del 50' poets, who saw Lima as beautiful and suffocating — Vásquez updates this to a city of endless construction and alienation.
That 9.0 rating from one vote? It's almost funnier than the film is sad — a single viewer's perfect devastation, now frozen forever.
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