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The Building

2012 · 94 min

A patient, observational gaze at a stalled construction site that turns economic paralysis into a quiet, lingering meditation on national memory.

Directed by
Víctor Moreno
Genres
Documentary
Overview
The documentary captures the fall or rebuilding what had been a symbol of the Franco regime, but the cessation of work due to the economic crisis turns into a viewer of the financial and economic paralysis of the country during these years.

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Directed by
Víctor Moreno
Genres
Documentary
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    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • class
    • power
    • work
    • isolation
    • memory
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension3
    Darkness5
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Víctor Moreno
    Written by
    Víctor Moreno, Rodrigo Rodríguez
    Runtime
    94 min
    Country
    Spain
    Languages
    Spanish

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