A filmmaker turns devastation into poetry—52 seconds that redefined an entire city's memory.
72 hours after a shattering earthquake hits his hometown, a filmmaker grabs a camera and discovers a universal, first-person tale of memory, loss, and coming back home in the least likely of circumstances.
Cinematography
Handheld footage that somehow finds impossible beauty in rubble.
Editing
Seamlessly weaves personal and national grief into one breath.
Director
Javier Andrade
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 2016 Ecuador earthquake killed 673 people; this became the definitive artistic document because Andrade refused to wait for 'official' coverage.
The title refers to both the earthquake's duration and a specific uncut shot late in the film that critics called 'the most devastating minute of 2018 cinema.'
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