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El Día Que Me Quieras

1997 · 30 min

A quiet, sombre essay that lingers on a single image, asking you to look closely and think about what photographs do to the dead.

Overview
A cinematic investigation about death and the power of photography, El Día Que Me Quieras is a meditation on the last photo taken of Ernesto Che Guevara, when he was lying dead on a cement pile surrounded by those who captured him in Bolivia, in 1967

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • death
    • memory
    • politics
    • media
    • violence
    Places
    None
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror2
    Humour0
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension4
    Darkness7
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Leandro Katz
    Runtime
    30 min
    Languages
    Spanish

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