

A freedom fighter trades bullets for bureaucracy — which fight is harder?
A young Venezuelan freedom fighter seeks asylum in the United States, but his heart remains in the fight back home.
Acting
McGaffney's simmering restraint explodes in final frames.
Direction
Vincentini packs a feature's weight into 26 minutes.
Editing
Jarring flash cuts mirror fractured psyche.

Director
Diego Vincentini
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Venezuela's 2017 protest wave, filmed as crisis unfolded — actors lived this reality.
The 26-minute runtime mirrors short-term asylum processing limits, trapping viewer in same temporal pressure as Simón.