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The Gaze Back

"You take things around you for granted. So you don't want what's right next to you, but what's far away."

2005-03-18 de 90m
Documentary
Moves the viewer into the perspective of a foreigner. Mexicans who live in Austria and Austrians who spend their lives in Mexico: through clichés and yearnings - these emigrants create a picture of their countries, and through determining their location, attempt to their identity. They are accompanied by two cinematographers, who also go to a "foreign" place. Their views go along with the narrators and narratives into the respective, other country.

Director

Fridolin Schönwiese

Editor

Karina Ressler

Line Producer

Zepp Berensmeier

Screenplay

Fridolin Schönwiese

Status

Released

Countries

  • Austria
  • Mexico

Companies

  • Amour Fou Filmproduktion
  • Producciones Sincronía